Roberto Martuzzi

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Roberto Martuzzi investigates the neural foundations of bodily self-consciousness, focusing on how the brain integrates visual, tactile, and vestibular signals to construct a coherent sense of self. His major contributions include demonstrating how multisensory conflict—particularly regarding the direction of gravity—can alter self-identification, self-location, and the subjective first-person perspective, a framework detailed in his highly cited 2013 paper (101 citations). Martuzzi also bridges cognitive neuroscience with engineering, exploring the cortical and subcortical mechanisms underlying brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) and how interaction forces influence the sense of hand ownership and agency. His work on neuroscience robotics has been instrumental in experimentally manipulating bodily awareness, offering insights into conditions where self-perception is disrupted. With a career spanning foundational studies in multisensory integration and applied BMI research, Martuzzi’s findings (cited over 170 times) have advanced our understanding of how the brain constructs the self and how technology can interface with these processes.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Multisensory Origin of the Subjective First-Person Perspective: Visual, Tactile, and Vestibular Mechanisms

   101 citations · 2013
2. 2
   Cortical and subcortical mechanisms of brain‐machine interfaces

   45 citations · 2017
3. 3
   Neuroscience robotics to investigate multisensory integration and bodily awareness

   18 citations · 2011
4. 4
   Contribution of interaction force to the sense of hand ownership and the sense of hand agency

   6 citations · 2021

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