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Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 & Abad-Hernando, S. (2024). In your skin? Somatosensory cortex is purposely recruited to situate but not simulate vicarious touch. NeuroImage, 289, article number 120561. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120561

Arslanova, I., Meletaki, V., Calvo-Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573 & Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854view all authors (2023). Perception of facial expressions involves emotion specific somatosensory cortex activations which are shaped by alexithymia. Cortex, 167, pp. 223-234. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2023.06.010

Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 (2022). Book review: Handbook of Embodied Psychology: Thinking, Feeling and Acting. Perception, 51(9), pp. 676-677. doi: 10.1177/03010066221109129

Fanghella, M., Gaigg, S. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-2644-7145, Candidi, M. , Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 & Calvo-Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573view all authors (2022). Somatosensory Evoked Potentials Reveal Reduced Embodiment of Emotions in Autism. The Journal of Neuroscience, 42(11), pp. 2298-2312. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.0706-21.2022

Joly-Mascheroni, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-3539-5810, Abad-Hernando, S. ORCID: 0000-0003-2579-8824, Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 & Calvo-Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573view all authors (2021). Embodiment and Multisensory Perception of Synchronicity: Biological Features Modulate Visual and Tactile Multisensory Interaction in Simultaneity Judgements. Multisensory Research, 34(5), pp. 493-510. doi: 10.1163/22134808-bja10020

Galvez-Pol, A., Calvo-Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573 & Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 (2021). Probing the neural representations of body-related stimuli: A reply to Tame & Longo's commentary. Cortex, 134, pp. 362-364. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.11.004

Galigani, M., Ronga, I., Fossataro, C. , Bruno, V., Castellani, N., Rossi Sebastiano, A., Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 & Garbarini, F.view all authors (2021). Like the back of my hand: Visual ERPs reveal a specific change detection mechanism for the bodily self. Cortex, 134, pp. 239-252. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.10.014

Kohl, C., Spieser, L., Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 , Bestmann, S. & Yarrow, K. ORCID: 0000-0003-0666-2163view all authors (2020). Centroparietal activity mirrors the decision variable when tracking biased and time-varying sensory evidence. Cognitive Psychology, 122, article number 101321. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2020.101321

Galvez-Pol, A., Calvo-Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573 & Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 (2020). Revealing the body in the brain: an ERP method to examine sensorimotor activity during visual perception of body-related information. Cortex, 125, pp. 332-344. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.01.017

Galvez-Pol, A., Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 & Calvo-Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573 (2020). Beyond action observation: Neurobehavioral mechanisms of memory for visually perceived bodies and actions. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 116, pp. 508-518. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.06.014

Sel, A., Calvo-Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573, Tsakiris, M. & Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854view all authors (2020). The somatotopy of observed emotions. Cortex, 129, pp. 11-22. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.04.002

Arslanova, I., Galvez-Pol, A., Calvo-Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573 & Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854view all authors (2019). Searching for bodies: ERP evidence for independent somatosensory processing during visual search for body-related information. Neuroimage, 195, pp. 140-149. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.03.037

Kohl, C., Spieser, L., Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 , Bestmann, S. & Yarrow, K. ORCID: 0000-0003-0666-2163view all authors (2019). The Neurodynamic Decision Variable in Human Multi-Alternative Perceptual Choice. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31(2), pp. 262-277. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01347

Karlinski, M., Jones, A. & Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 (2018). Electrophysiological evidence for changes in attentional orienting and selection in functional somatic symptoms. Clinical Neurophysiology, 130(1), pp. 85-92. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.09.027

Galvez-Pol, A., Calvo-Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573, Capilla, A. & Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854view all authors (2018). Persistent recruitment of somatosensory cortex during active maintenance of hand images in working memory. Neuroimage, 174, pp. 153-163. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.03.024

Spieser, L., Kohl, C., Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 , Bestmann, S. & Yarrow, K. ORCID: 0000-0003-0666-2163view all authors (2018). Neurodynamic Evidence Supports a Forced-Excursion Model of Decision-Making under Speed/Accuracy Instructions. eNeuro, 5(3), ENEURO.0159-18.2018. doi: 10.1523/eneuro.0159-18.2018

Galvez-Pol, A., Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 & Calvo-Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573 (2018). Modulation of motor cortex activity in a visual working memory task of hand images. Neuropsychologia, 117, pp. 75-83. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.05.005

Forster, B., Tziraki, M. & Jones, A. (2016). The attentive homunculus: ERP evidence for somatotopic allocation of attention in tactile search. Neuropsychologia, 84, pp. 158-166. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.02.009

Gherri, E., Gooray, E. & Forster, B. (2016). Cue-locked lateralized components in a tactile spatial attention task: Evidence for a functional dissociation between ADAN and LSN. Psychophysiology, 53(4), pp. 507-517. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12596

Jones, A. & Forster, B. (2015). Body in Mind. Frontiers in Psychology, 6(JAN), pp. 1-2. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00056

Gherri, E. & Forster, B. (2015). Independent effects of eye gaze and spatial attention on the processing of tactile events: Evidence from event-related potentials. Biological Psychology, 109, pp. 239-247. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.05.008

Sel, A., Calvo-Merino, B., Tuettenberg, S. & Forster, B.view all authors (2015). When you smile, the world smiles at you: ERP evidence for self-expression effects on face processing.. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(10), pp. 1316-1322. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsv009

Gherri, E. & Forster, B. (2014). Attention to the body depends on eye-in-orbit position. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(JUL), article number 683. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00683

Jones, A. & Forster, B. (2014). Neural correlates of endogenous attention, exogenous attention and inhibition of return in touch. European Journal of Neuroscience, 40(2), pp. 2389-2398. doi: 10.1111/ejn.12583

Sel, A., Forster, B. & Calvo-Merino, B. (2014). The emotional homunculus: ERP evidence for independent somatosensory responses during facial emotional processing. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(9), pp. 3263-3267. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.0106-13.2014

Jones, A. & Forster, B. (2013). Independent effects of endogenous and exogenous attention in touch. Somatosensory and Motor Research, 30(4), pp. 161-166. doi: 10.3109/08990220.2013.779243

Jones, A. & Forster, B. (2013). Lost in vision: ERP correlates of exogenous tactile attention when engaging in a visual task. NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, 51(4), pp. 675-685. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.01.010

Sambo, C.F., Forster, B., Williams, S.C. & Iannetti, G.D.view all authors (2012). To Blink or Not to Blink: Fine Cognitive Tuning of the Defensive Peripersonal Space. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 32(37), pp. 12921-12927. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.0607-12.2012

Gillmeister, H. & Forster, B. (2012). Adverse effects of viewing the hand on tactile-spatial selection between fingers depend on finger posture. EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 221(3), pp. 269-278. doi: 10.1007/s00221-012-3171-z

Gillmeister, H. & Forster, B. (2012). Hands behind your back: effects of arm posture on tactile attention in the space behind the body. EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 216(4), pp. 489-497. doi: 10.1007/s00221-011-2953-z

Jones, A. & Forster, B. (2012). Reflexive attention in touch: An investigation of event related potentials and behavioural responses. Biological Psychology, 89(2), pp. 313-322. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.11.004

Sambo, C. F, Vallar, G., Fortis, P. , Ronchi, R., Posteraro, L., Forster, B. & Maravita, Aview all authors (2012). Visual and spatial modulation of tactile extinction: behavioural and electrophysiological evidence. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(JULY), article number 217. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00217

Sambo, C.F. & Forster, B. (2011). When far is near: ERP correlates of crossmodal spatial interactions between tactile and mirror-reflected visual stimuli. NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS, 500(1), pp. 10-15. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.05.233

Sambo, C.F. & Forster, B. (2011). Sustained Spatial Attention in Touch: Modality-Specific and Multimodal Mechanisms. THESCIENTIFICWORLDJOURNAL, 11, pp. 199-213. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2011.34

Forster, B. & Gillmeister, H. (2010). ERP investigation of transient attentional selection of single and multiple locations within touch. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 48(6), pp. 788-796. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01147.x

Gillmeister, H., Sambo, C.F. & Forster, B. (2010). Which finger? Early effects of attentional selection within the hand are absent when the hand is viewed. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 31(10), pp. 1874-1881. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07195.x

Gillmeister, H., Adler, J. & Forster, B. (2010). Object-guided Spatial Attention in Touch: Holding the Same Object with Both Hands Delays Attentional Selection. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, 22(5), pp. 931-942. doi: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21265

Forster, B., Sambo, C.F. & Pavone, E.F. (2009). ERP correlates of tactile spatial attention differ under intra- and intermodal conditions. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 82(3), pp. 227-233. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.08.001

Forster, B. & Gillmeister, H. (2009). VIEWING FINGERS OF THE SAME HAND CAN DISTURB TACTILE ATTENTIONAL SELECTION. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 46, S121 - S121.

Sambo, C.F. & Forster, B. (2009). An ERP Investigation on Visuotactile Interactions in Peripersonal and Extrapersonal Space: Evidence for the Spatial Rule. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, 21(8), pp. 1550-1559. doi: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21109

Sambo, C.F., Gillmeister, H. & Forster, B. (2009). Viewing the body modulates neural mechanisms underlying sustained spatial attention in touch. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 30(1), pp. 143-150. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06791.x

Forster, B. & Pavone, E.F. (2008). Electrophysiological correlates of crossmodal visual distractor congruency effects: Evidence for response conflict. COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 8(1), pp. 65-73. doi: 10.3758/cabn.8.1.65

Book Section

Vibell, J., Gillmeister, H., Sel, A. , Haggarty, C. J., van Velzen, J. & Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854view all authors (2023). Electroencephalography of Touch. In: Somatosensory Research Methods. (pp. 431-449). New York, USA: Humana. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3068-6_19