Sara Coppi

Research

Sara Coppi is a PhD student in the lab who is investigating the multisensory mechanisms of body ownership and pain perception. Sara has previously conducted a six-months internship in our lab for her master's degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Padova, Italy, and also a one-year position as a research assistant.

Sample Publications

Coppi, S., Jensen, K. B., & Ehrsson, H. H. (2025). Feeling pain from a rubber hand: Nociceptive drift in the rubber hand illusion. iScience, 28(6). 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112690  

Coppi S, Jensen KB, Ehrsson HH. Eliciting the rubber hand illusion by the activation of nociceptive C and Aδ fibers. Pain. 2024 Oct 1;165(10):2240-2256. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003245. Epub 2024 May 24. PMID: 38787634; PMCID: PMC11404332. PDF

Fust, J., Jensen, K.B., Coppi, S., Bjureberg, J., Jayaram-Lindström, N., Hellner, C., Ehrsson, H.H., Lalouni, M. (2024). Rubber hand illusion and experiences of dissociation in women with self-injury behavior. Psychiatry Research Communications. Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2024, 100155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psycom.2024.100155

Reader AT, Coppi S, Trifonova VS, Ehrsson HH. No reduction in motor-evoked potential amplitude during the rubber hand illusion. Brain Behav. 2023 Oct;13(10):e3211. doi: 10.1002/brb3.3211. Epub 2023 Aug 7. PMID: 37548563; PMCID: PMC10570491. PDF

Berger CC, Coppi S, Ehrsson HH. Synchronous motor imagery and visual feedback of finger movement elicit the moving rubber hand illusion, at least in illusion-susceptible individuals. Exp Brain Res. 2023 Apr;241(4):1021-1039. doi: 10.1007/s00221-023-06586-w. Epub 2023 Mar 16. PMID: 36928694; PMCID: PMC10081980. PDF

Preuss, N.*, Coppi, S.*, Chancel, M. & Ehrsson, H.H. (2022). Combination of visuo-tactile and visuo-vestibular correlations in illusory body ownership and self-motion sensations. PlosOne, 17(11), e0277080. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277080

Fan, C., Coppi, S., & Ehrsson, H.H. (2021). The supernumerary rubber hand illusion revisited: Perceived duplication of limbs and visuotactile events. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 47(6), 810-829. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000904