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DocumentMirror-touch synaesthesia: Difficulties inhibiting the other2015

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012
Location: SEC PCA
Title:
2012 Grants
Start date: 2013-02

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012-074
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 14/2012
Title:
074- Mechanisms of self-other distinction in mirror-touch synaesthesia
Duration: 2013-10 - 2016-04
Researcher(s):
Michael Joseph Banissy, James Moore
Institution(s): Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Bursary agreement
Application form
Correspondence
Progress reports
Final report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Banissy, M.
Secondary author(s):
Moore, J.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Psychophysiology / Self / Body awareness / Body structure and function / Somatosensory system

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012-074.06
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 14/2012
Title:
Mirror-touch synaesthesia: Difficulties inhibiting the other
Publication year: 2015
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945215002233
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Individuals with mirror touch synaesthesia (MTS) experience touch on their own body when observing others being touched. A recent account proposes that such rare experiences could be linked to impairment in self-other representations. Here we tested participants with MTS on a battery of social cognition tests and found that compared to non-synaesthete controls, the MTS group showed impairment in imitation-inhibition but not in visual perspective taking or theory of mind. Although all of these socio-cognitive abilities rely on the control of self-other representations, they differ as to whether the self, or the other, should be preferentially represented. For imitation-inhibition, representations of the other should be inhibited and self-representations should be enhanced, whereas the opposite is true for visual perspective taking and theory of mind. These findings suggest that MTS is associated with a specific deficit in inhibiting representation of other individuals and shed light on the fractionability of processes underlying typical social cognition.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:
By permission
Language:
eng
Author:
Santiesteban, I.
Secondary author(s):
Bird, G., Tew, O., Cioffi, M., Banissy, M.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Percentiles:
56.03|0.70
Reference:
Santiesteban, I., Bird, G., Tew, O., Cioffi, M., & Banissy, M. J. (2015). Mirror-touch synaesthesia: Difficulties inhibiting the other. Cortex, 71, 116-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2015.06.019
2-year Impact Factor: 4.314|2015
Times cited: 23|2026-02-06
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Mirror-touch synaesthesia / Synaesthesia / Self-other / Social cognition / Imitation inhibition / Mentalizing
File292 - Oxytocin: On the psychophysiology of trust and cooperation2017-102023-11

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2016
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2016 Grants
Start date: 2017-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2016-292
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
292 - Oxytocin: On the psychophysiology of trust and cooperation
Duration: 2017-10 - 2023-11
Researcher(s):
Diana Prata, James Rilling, Manuel Lopes, Duarte Ferreira, Daniel Martins, Pedro Levy
Institution(s): FCiências.ID – Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Portugal); Emory University, Atlanta (USA)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Author: Prata, D.
Secondary author(s):
Rilling, J., Lopes, M., Ferreira, D. , Martins, D., Levy, P.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Oxytocin / Mentalizing / Theory of mind / Dopamine / Psychophysiology
DocumentFragile mentalizing: Lack of behavioral and neural markers of social cognition in an established social perspective taking task when combined with stress induction2024

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-072
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
072 - Temperamental influences on social cognition under stress
Duration: 2019-02 - 2021-09
Researcher(s):
Frederike Beyer, Ulrike Krämer
Institution(s): Psychology Department, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London (UK); Department of Neurology, University of Lubeck (Germany)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Beyer, F.
Secondary author(s):
Krämer, U.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Emotional reactivity / Stress / Social cognition / Development / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-072.03
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Fragile mentalizing: Lack of behavioral and neural markers of social cognition in an established social perspective taking task when combined with stress induction
Publication year: 2024
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0084-24.2024
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
The growing field of social neuroscience is reliant on the development of robust, ecologically valid paradigms for simulating social interaction and measuring social cognition in highly controlled laboratory settings. Perspective taking is a key component of social cognition, and accordingly several paradigms aimed at measuring perspective taking exist. A relatively novel paradigm is the ball detection task, in which participants and a virtual agent form independent beliefs about the presence of a target stimulus behind an occluder. Previous studies have shown that incongruent trials (in which the participant's and the agent's beliefs differ) affect participant reaction times and elicit increased neural activity in the so-called mentalizing network. This paradigm has important advantages over previous ones, in that experimental conditions can be fully randomized, and ceiling effects are not found even for adult populations. Here, we combined this paradigm with a stress induction and a nonstressful control task. In an online study, we found no evidence of perspective taking at the behavioral level. Combining the task with functional magnetic resonance imaging, we found no evidence of perspective taking at the behavioral or neural level, even for the control condition. While this paradigm is reliable on its own, implementing it in the context of a task-switching paradigm appears to reduce participants' focus on task-irrelevant perspective taking elements. Our findings highlight the fragility of existing social cognition paradigms and the need for reliable, simple, and ecologically valid measures of perspective taking.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Cheema, S.
Secondary author(s):
Augustin, C., Göttlich, M., Krämer, U. M., Beyer, F.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Percentiles:
37.55|0.50
Reference:
Cheema, S., Augustin, C., Göttlich, M., Krämer, U. M., & Beyer, F. (2024). Fragile mentalizing: Lack of behavioral and neural markers of social cognition in an established social perspective taking task when combined with stress induction. eNeuro, 11(11), ENEURO.0084-24.2024. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0084-24.2024
2-year Impact Factor: 2.7|2024
Times cited: 2|2026-02-16
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q3
Keywords: fMRI / Mentalizing / Perspective taking / Stress

Fragile mentalizing: Lack of behavioral and neural markers of social cognition in an established social perspective taking task when combined with stress induction

Fragile mentalizing: Lack of behavioral and neural markers of social cognition in an established social perspective taking task when combined with stress induction
DocumentRapid rTPJ-driven cortical interactions encode malicious intentions during implicit moral evaluation: A TMS-EEG study2026

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2024
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2024 Grants
Start date: 2025-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2024-346
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
346 - Charting the moral compass: TMS-EEG Investigation of causal brain dynamics in moral judgment
Duration: 2025-12
Researcher(s):
Alessio Avenanti, Kamela Cenka, Yanyan Gao, Alice Marra
Institution(s): Department of Psychology "Renzo Canestrari", University of Bologna (Italy)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Language: eng
Notes:
Ongoing project
Author: Avenanti, A.
Secondary author(s):
Cenka, K., Gao, Y., Marra, A.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Empathy / Moral judgment / Connectivity / Causality / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2024-346.02
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Rapid rTPJ-driven cortical interactions encode malicious intentions during implicit moral evaluation: A TMS-EEG study
Publication year: 2026
URL:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811926002016
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Understanding how we attribute blame when witnessing harm provides insights into moral cognition. People judge harmful actions more harshly when they are intentional rather than accidental, emphasizing intentions over outcomes. Yet, the neural dynamics underlying this asymmetry remain debated. The right temporo-parietal junction (rTPJ) plays a key role in integrating beliefs about others’ intentions with observed outcomes, including moral appraisal. However, its interactions with other brain regions during moral evaluation are not fully understood. To address this gap, we employed concurrent transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography (TMS-EEG) to probe the causal impact of rTPJ stimulation on downstream cortical activity with millisecond resolution. Sixty-six adults viewed videoclips depicting intentional harm (IHS), accidental harm (AHS), or neutral actions (NAS) while engaged in a non-moral attentional task. During the task, single-pulse TMS targeted rTPJ, left TPJ (lTPJ), or the right primary somatosensory cortex (rS1, control), and TMS-evoked potentials (TEPs) were recorded to track cortical dynamics. rTPJ stimulation selectively enhanced early frontal TEPs (~20–65 ms) during IHS compared to AHS, indicating a rapid neural encoding of malicious intent detection. Source analyses linked this effect to dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) engagement, suggesting a fast rTPJ-to-dmPFC communication pathway for processing intentional harm. No comparable effects were observed for lTPJ or rS1 stimulation, highlighting anatomical and functional specificity. Moreover, stronger rTPJ TEP amplitudes in IHS trials correlated with harsher moral judgments. These findings provide time-resolved evidence that the rTPJ rapidly detects harmful intent and engages prefrontal evaluative circuits, informing the neural architecture of intent-based moral judgment.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Cenka, K.
Secondary author(s):
Spaccasassi, C., Petkovic, S., Pezzetta, R., Vicario, C. M., Arcara, G., Avenanti, A
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Cenka, K., Spaccasassi, C., Petkovic, S., Pezzetta, R., Vicario, C. M., Arcara, G., & Avenanti, A. (2026). Rapid rTPJ-driven cortical interactions encode malicious intentions during implicit moral evaluation: A TMS-EEG study. NeuroImage, 332, 121885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121885
2-year Impact Factor: 4.5|2024
Impact factor notes: Impact factor not available yet for 2026
Times cited: 0|2026-05-18
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Implicit moral evaluation / Mentalizing / Temporo-parietal junction / Brain connectivity / Tms-eeg

Rapid rTPJ-driven cortical interactions encode malicious intentions during implicit moral evaluation: A TMS-EEG study

Rapid rTPJ-driven cortical interactions encode malicious intentions during implicit moral evaluation: A TMS-EEG study