Body and Motor Awareness: Representation, Perception and Integration in the Human Brain

Dear Colleagues,

Understanding how body and motor awareness are built into the brain has long fascinated researchers. Despite the numerous findings from the studies of the last several decades, some aspects related to the development of body and motor awareness are still controversial. Indeed, body representation is the result of a complex multisensory integration in which proprioceptive, tactile, and visual information are closely linked to the motor control system. Similarly, a veridical construction of motor awareness is the result of a series of processes, and although we are aware that we are moving (motor awareness) and that we have a desire to act (motor intention), many of the processes underlying motor programming and execution are not accessible to consciousness. Since body and motor awareness are the core of human self-awareness, more research in the area is needed to better clarify how their integration contributes to the construction of the coherent and unitary sense of self.

The goal of this Special Issue is to welcome the most recent research (research articles, theoretical proposals and scientific reviews) on body representation and motor awareness, to better understand their development and impairment in both healthy individuals and in clinical populations.

Dr. Adriana Salatino
Dr. Maria Pyasik
Guest Editors

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