title: Cognitive neuroscience: swapping bodies in the brain.
abstract: A recent study has found that activity in multisensory brain areas, namely the premotor cortex, intraparietal cortex and the putamen, mirrors the vividness of ownership over a mannequin, induced by the body-swap illusion.
authors.affiliation: Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. lorimer.moseley@gmail.com
authors.forename: G Lorimer
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Moseley
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions / Q000523:psychology*; D011434:Proprioception; D014796:Visual Perception