@inproceedings{eprints3357, booktitle = {Proceedings of EuroHaptics 2004}, title = {Perception of visual and tactile flow activates common cortical areas in the human brain}, year = {2004}, publisher = {EuroHaptics Society}, pages = {290--292}, author = {Emiliano Ricciardi and Nicola Vanello and Davide Dente and Nicola Sgambelluri and Enzo Pasquale Scilingo and Claudio Gentili and Lorenzo Sani and Vincenzo Positano and Maria Filomena Santarelli and Mario Guazzelli and James V. Haxby and Luigi Landini and Antonio Bicchi and Pietro Pietrini}, abstract = {We report results of a pilot study using functional magnetic resonance imaging aimed at determining the neural correlates of tactile flow. We hypothesized that brain response to tactile flow would involve the same cortical areas (V5/MT) that respond to optic flow. Our results showed that V5/MT cortex indeed is activated by tactile flow perception. These findings are consistent with a supramodal organization of brain regions involved in optic and tactile flow processing}, url = {http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3357/} }