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TICKLE ME

Self and others in the sensorimotor system: a computational neuroanatomy of sensory attenuation

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Project "TICKLE ME" data sheet

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Coordinator
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET 

Organization address
address: Nobels Vag 5
city: STOCKHOLM
postcode: 17177
website: www.ki.se

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 Coordinator Country Sweden [SE]
 Total cost 173˙857 €
 EC max contribution 173˙857 € (100%)
 Programme 1. H2020-EU.1.3.2. (Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility)
 Code Call H2020-MSCA-IF-2015
 Funding Scheme MSCA-IF-EF-ST
 Starting year 2017
 Duration (year-month-day) from 2017-01-01   to  2019-01-31

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1    KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET SE (STOCKHOLM) coordinator 173˙857.00

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 Project objective

Why can’t you tickle yourself? Previous behavioural and neuroimaging evidence suggests that when we move one hand to touch the other, the resulting tactile sensation is perceived as less intense compared to identical touches of external origin. This sensory attenuation (SA) phenomenon is hypothesized to arise because our brains use internal information about the motor command (efference copy) to predict the tactile consequences of the movement and attenuate the tactile feedback based on these predictions. However, little is known about how the brain produces SA. ‘TICKLE ME’ combines, for the first time, computational motor control theory, force perception behavioural experiments, and state-of-the-art neuroimaging methods to address how the human brain distinguishes between self-generated and externally-generated touch. The project aims to: - clarify the principal importance of voluntary motor commands, efference copy, and perceived physical contact of body parts in a series of behavioural experiments - identify the neuroanatomical network responsible for generating SA by using state-of-the-art functional magnetic resonance imaging - investigate how the brain learns to predict the sensory consequences of our actions by using error-driven learning mechanisms - develop a novel neurocomputational model of SA The project will result in a synergy between the applicant’s highly interdisciplinary profile and the high quality of the host institution. The applicant has experience in different scientific areas such as experimental cognitive psychology, psychophysics, virtual reality, computational modeling and programming as well as a background in electrical engineering that makes her uniquely suited to carry out this project. Additionally, the Karolinska Institutet, the Department of Neuroscience, and in particular Prof. Henrik Ehrsson will provide valuable theoretical knowledge in sensorimotor control as well as technical expertise in neuroimaging in support of the project.

 Publications

year authors and title journal last update
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2017 Konstantina Kilteni, H. Henrik Ehrsson
Sensorimotor predictions and tool use: Hand-held tools attenuate self-touch
published pages: 1-9, ISSN: 0010-0277, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.04.005
Cognition 165 2019-08-30
2018 Konstantina Kilteni, Benjamin Jan Andersson, Christian Houborg, H. Henrik Ehrsson
Motor imagery involves predicting the sensory consequences of the imagined movement
published pages: , ISSN: 2041-1723, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03989-0
Nature Communications 9/1 2019-08-30
2017 Konstantina Kilteni, H. Henrik Ehrsson
Body ownership determines the attenuation of self-generated tactile sensations
published pages: 8426-8431, ISSN: 0027-8424, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1703347114
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114/31 2019-08-30

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