Elisa Caffa
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Elisa Caffa is a cognitive neuroscientist whose research explores the intersection of body perception, motor control, and multisensory integration. Her most influential work, the 2014 study "The robot hand illusion," has garnered 90 citations and represents a significant contribution to understanding how the brain constructs a sense of body ownership. By demonstrating that visuo-motor congruency—synchronizing visual feedback from a robotic hand with participants' own movements—can induce proprioceptive drift, Caffa provided compelling evidence that motor signals alone can reshape body awareness, even without tactile stimulation. This finding challenged traditional rubber hand illusion paradigms and opened new avenues for studying embodiment in human-robot interaction and neurorehabilitation. Caffa’s research has implications for developing prosthetic devices that feel more natural and for understanding conditions like phantom limb pain. Her work is characterized by elegant experimental designs that isolate specific sensory and motor contributions to body representation, making her a leading voice in the field of embodied cognition.
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