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Fanghella, M., Dima, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2598-0952, Pinotsis, D. A. ORCID: 0000-0002-6865-8103 , Gaigg, S. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-2644-7145, Calvo‐Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573 & Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854view all authors (2026). Changes in Intrinsic Activity of the Primary Somatosensory Cortex Causally Explain Differences in Emotion Perception in Autism. Autism Research, 19(4), article number e70197. doi: 10.1002/aur.70197

Walsh, E., Hart, K. & Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 (2026). A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis Examining the Effect of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction on Pain Severity and Quality of Life in People Living With Fibromyalgia. European Journal of Pain, 30(4), article number e70239. doi: 10.1002/ejp.70239

Galigani, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-5233-7719, Romeo, M. ORCID: 0009-0007-9963-3172, Bruno, V. ORCID: 0000-0003-2878-695X , Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 & Garbarini, F. ORCID: 0000-0003-1210-0175view all authors (2025). The somatosensory side of the affordance: How seeing an object influences touch. NeuroImage, 319, article number 121427. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121427

Galigani, M., Romeo, M., Scanferlato, N. , Valeriani, M., Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 & Garbarini, F.view all authors (2025). Somatosensory coding of visual self-identity. NeuroImage, 318, article number 121405. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121405

Joly-Mascheroni, R., Forster, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854, Llorente, M. , Valsera, C., Gomara, A., Crailsheim, D. & Calvo-Merino, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-4573view all authors (2025). Chimpanzees yawn when observing an android yawn. Scientific Reports, 15(1), article number 18002. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-98639-z

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

Bokk, O. & Forster, T. ORCID: 0000-0001-5126-7854 (2022). The effect of a short mindfulness meditation on somatosensory attention. Mindfulness, 13(8), pp. 2022-2030. doi: 10.1007/s12671-022-01938-z

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., 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

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

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 (2019). 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., 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

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

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

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

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

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

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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