Dr Treshi- Marie Perera

I am an experimental psychologist interested in the integration of sensory information to create our body representation and recognise our bodies as belonging to us. My recent research has therefore focused on how we can manipulate the sensory information our body receives through bodily illusions, and how these illusions can be used as tools to examine the perceptual mechanisms underlying the formation of our body representation and how we make sense of it. I have used a variety of different illusions, including the famous rubber hand illusion, and variations of it.

Additionally, I am also interested in the mechanisms underlying (mis)perceptions body shape and size and individual differences in this process.

A sample of relevant peer reviewed publications can be found below:

2019

Kalckert, A*, Perera, A. T. M *, Ganesan, Y., & Tan, E. (2019). Rubber hands in space – the role of distance and relative position in the rubber hand illusion. Experimental brain Research. 10.1007/s00221-019-05539-6

2017

Perera, A. T. M., Newport, R., & McKenzie, K. (2017). Changing hands: persistent alterations to body image following brief exposure to multisensory distortions. Experimental Brain Research, 235(6), 1809-1821. 10.1007/s00221-017-4935-2

2015

Perera, A. T. M., Newport, R., & McKenzie, K. J. (2015). Multisensory distortions of the hand have differential effects on tactile perception. Experimental Brain Research, 233(11), 3153-3161. 10.1007/s00221-015-4384-8

2014

Stephen, I. D., & Perera, A. T. M. (2014b). Judging the differences between women's attractiveness and health: Is there really a difference between judgments made by men and women? Body Image, 11(2), 183-186. 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.11.007
Stephen, I. D., & Perera, A. T. M. (2014a). Judging the difference between attractiveness and health: Does exposure to model images influence the judgments made by men and women? Plos ONE, 9(1), e86302. 10.1371/journal.pone.0086302

A full list can be found here: