All articles tagged with #embodiment
A new neurobiological model proposes that emotionally meaningful touch is encoded and recalled through an interaction between sensory signals and emotional brain networks, creating embodied memories that can reenact bodily states; early caregiving touch shapes lifelong well-being and social bonding, with implications for mental health, as digital or non-skin contact cannot fully substitute real touch.
Scientists have discovered that amputees can feel temperature changes in their phantom limb, which could help create better prosthetics that include thermal sensation. The team developed a new piece of equipment they call the MiniTouch, which is a portable device that allows amputees to detect temperature through their prosthetic limb. A prosthetic that detects temperature can create a more natural feeling of embodiment. The MiniTouch could help return a sense of embodiment to those who use prosthetics after losing a limb.