Jane E. Aspell

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Anglia Ruskin University

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Total Citations

142

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About

Jane E. Aspell is a leading cognitive neuroscientist whose research explores the fascinating intersection of multisensory integration, body ownership, and tool use. Her work fundamentally advances our understanding of how the brain constructs the experience of having a body and how this representation can be extended through technology. Aspell’s major contributions include demonstrating that using a robotic surgical interface can extend the brain’s representation of the body to include virtual tools, as shown in her highly cited 2012 study (61 citations). She has also revealed how self-generated actions dynamically shape visuo-tactile integration and body ownership (43 citations), and how force feedback enhances multisensory integration during robotic tool use (38 citations). Her findings have profound implications for virtual reality, prosthetics, and teleoperation systems. Aspell’s research elegantly bridges fundamental cognitive neuroscience with practical applications in human-machine interaction, making her a key figure in understanding the plasticity of body representation and the neural mechanisms underlying our sense of embodiment in an increasingly technological world.