SAMBA SpAtial, Motor & Bodily Awareness

Research Group of the Psychology Department, University of Turin, Italy

Our approach is interdisciplinary in nature, based on binding together different methods of investigation: neuropsychology, behavioral-studies, neuroimaging and psychophysiology. This allows to best address questions regarding the anatomo-functional signature of humans' cognitive functions.

31/03/2026

We are out!!!
Changing perceived body size (via full-body illusion) directly alters reward learning and food-related behavior.
Perceived, not actual, body drives motivation, pointing to reward sensitivity as a key mechanism.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-45811-8

26/03/2026

We are out!!!
We found that early attachment shapes how the brain integrates bodily signals.
Only securely attached individuals showed stronger recalibration of body position in the illusion.
Early relationships leave a lasting mark on how we experience our own body

https://rdcu.be/faazE

10/03/2026

We are out!!!!
embodying a moving virtual avatar automatically entrains your own postural control, as if the observed action were self-generated

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027726000752

05/12/2025

26/09/2025

29/07/2025

We are out!!!

The visual system prioritises ingroup faces when they express positive emotional contents, whereas it inhibits such an advantage with negative contents

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02699931.2025.2536524