SAMBA SpAtial, Motor & Bodily Awareness

24/08/2026

Out our editorial on the the Frontiers Topic: Anosognosia in neurological and psychiatric disorders

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2026.1957159/full

07/08/2026

25/07/2026

Happy to see this work out in Neuroscience!

We show that the Self-Avatar Follower Effect extends to involuntary movements, revealing that embodied avatars can shape even unconscious motor behavior

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2026.07.040⁠�

22/07/2026

Our new paper is out!
We show that non-ordinary states of consciousness evoked by Conscious Connected Breathwork are associated with improved heart rate variability after the session, highlighting a close link between emotional processing and physiological regulation.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-59995-6

Samba

14/06/2026

New paper out

Vestibular signals contribute to self–other face distinction, dynamically shaping the balance between self and familiar-face representations.



https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301051126001390?via%3Dihub

11/06/2026

New paper out.

I don't say this often, but I think this is a quite important a achievement. By changing perceived body size through virtual reality, we were able to reduce the automatic avoidance of high-calorie food stimuli in anorexia nervosa.

Preliminary, but potentially transformative findings from a clinical perspective.

04/06/2026

We are out!!!!!
Taste sensitivity extends beyond the tongue, influencing how rapidly food reaches awareness and how strongly it captures visual consciousness.



https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027726001721?dgcid=author

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