Henrik Ehrsson
About me
Henrik Ehrsson is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet, where he began his tenure as an assistant professor in 2008 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at The Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London. Henrik Ehrsson holds a PhD and an MD from Karolinska Institutet,
Professor Ehrsson's research focuses on understanding the neural basis of the perception of one's own body. He investigates the cognitive processes and neural mechanisms that allow the brain to distinguish between sensory signals originating from one's own body versus events and objects in the external environment, and the formation of a coherent multisensory experience of one's physical self. This research has significant implications for advancing neuro-prosthetics and avatar embodiment in virtual reality technologies, as well as for research into neuropsychiatric and psychiatric disorders with disturbances in bodily awareness and sense of self.
Henrik Ehrsson has published over 130 peer-reviewed scientific articles in leading international scientific journals, including publications in Science, Neuron, and Nature Communications. His work has been influential, with over 13, 200 citations and an H-index of 58 (as of April 2024). Professor Ehrsson has been honored with several awards, including the Distinguished Professor Grant from the Swedish Research Council, the Göran Gustafson Prize in Medicine awarded by the Royal Academy of Sweden, and two European Research Council grants.
Articles
- Journal article: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY. 2024;7(1):522
- Article: COGNITION. 2024;246:105697
- Article: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2024;460:114818
- Journal article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;4(1):100155
- Article: COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE, & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2024;24(1):100-110
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2024;34(1):bhad443
- Article: PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR. 2024;273:114407
- Article: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR. 2023;13(10):e3211
- Article: COGNITION. 2023;238:105491
- Article: CORTEX. 2023;165:70-85
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2023;43(28):5251-5263
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. GENERAL. 2023;152(7):2026-2039
- Article: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2023;444:114361
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2023;241(4):1021-1039
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2023;43(13):2362-2380
- Article: PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2023;18(1):224-238
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2022;128(6):1435-1452
- Article: ELIFE. 2022;11:e77221
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2022;42(37):7131-7143
- Article: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY. 2022;5(1):731
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2022;172:108355
- Article: ISCIENCE. 2022;25(4):104077
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2022;168:108248
- Article: ISCIENCE. 2022;25(1):103584
- Article: JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 2022;34(1):160-178
- Article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2022;16:834492
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(11):e0277080
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2021;239(12):3471-3486
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2021;54(7):6422-6444
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2021;54(7):6463-6486
- Article: COGNITION. 2021;212:104722
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE. 2021;47(6):810-829
- Article: PAIN. 2021;162(5):1539-1544
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2021;12:629590
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(1):e0233243
- Article: ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE. 2020;7(12):201911
- Article: ATTENTION, PERCEPTION, AND PSYCHOPHYSICS. 2020;82(8):4058-4083
- Article: ISCIENCE. 2020;23(9):101429
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):14385
- Article: ISCIENCE. 2020;23(2):100843
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2020;40(4):894-906
- Article: ELIFE. 2019;8:e42888
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2019;29(3):1328-1341
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE. 2019;45(2):209-223
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(2):e0213265
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(10):e0223580
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018;8(1):16062
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE. 2018;44(7):1012-1021
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2018;29(6):926-935
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2018;9(1):1617
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018;8(1):6284
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2018;236(2):551-561
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. GENERAL. 2018;147(2):298-303
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2018;13(6):e0199426
- Article: ELIFE. 2017;6:e26022
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2017;114(31):8426-8431
- Article: COGNITION. 2017;165:1-9
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2017;27(7):3768-3781
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7:40123
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2017;114(1):166-171
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2017;68:93-100
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2017;8:344
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2016;26(12):4450-4460
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:34530
- Article: COGNITION. 2016;155:44-56
- Article: CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. 2016;41:139-149
- Article: ATTENTION, PERCEPTION, AND PSYCHOPHYSICS. 2016;78(2):707-720
- Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE. 2016;10:559
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2015;5:18345
- Article: CURRENT BIOLOGY. 2015;25(11):1416-1425
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2015;5:9831
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2015;109:328-340
- Article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2015;9:412
- Article: CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. 2014;30:118-132
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2014;34(41):13684-13692
- Article: NEUROCASE. 2014;20(4):407-420
- Article: ATTENTION, PERCEPTION, AND PSYCHOPHYSICS. 2014;76(5):1414-1428
- Article: CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. 2014;26:117-132
- Article: NEUROSCIENTIST. 2014;20(2):122-135
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2014;111(12):4421-4426
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(1):e85773
- Article: CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2013;29(10):e10-e18
- Article: CURRENT BIOLOGY. 2013;23(18):1764-1768
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2013;230(1):101-115
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2013;33(33):13350-13366
- Article: CURRENT BIOLOGY. 2013;23(14):1367-1372
- Article: JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2013;25(7):1078-1099
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2012;32(42):14573-14582
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2012;36(1):2098-2106
- Article: CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. 2012;21(2):1037-1042
- Article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2012;6:40
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(12):e52400
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(4):e35912
- Article: CURRENT BIOLOGY. 2011;21(13):1118-1122
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2011;31(24):9023-9031
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(2):e17208
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2011;105(2):910-922
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2011;2:35
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(5):e20195
- Article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2011;5:34
- Article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2011;5:121
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2009;4(9):e6933
- Article: CORTEX. 2009;45(1):62-71
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AND HAND SURGERY. 2009;43(5):260-266
- Article: PERCEPTION. 2009;38(2):310-312
- Article: BRAIN. 2008;131(Pt 12):3443-3452
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2008;99(2):695-703
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2008;3(12):e3832
- Article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2008;2:6
- Article: SCIENCE. 2007;317(5841):1048
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2007;104(23):9828-9833
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2007;97(2):1342-1352
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2006;26(35):9015-9021
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2006;26(14):3783-3790
- Article: PLOS BIOLOGY. 2005;3(12):e412
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;22(12):3255-3265
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;25(45):10564-10573
- Article: CURRENT BIOLOGY. 2005;15(14):1286-1290
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2005;93(3):1498-1509
- Article: SCIENCE. 2004;305(5685):875-877
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2004;19(9):2591-2602
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2003;90(5):3304-3316
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2003;90(5):2978-2986
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2003;89(2):1126-1135
- Article: NEURON. 2002;36(5):979-988
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2002;22(12):5074-5080
- Article: NEUROREPORT. 2001;12(17):3805-3809
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2001;14(2):382-390
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2001;85(6):2613-2623
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2000;12(9):3385-3398
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2000;83(1):528-536
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 1999;19(14):6134-6144
- Article: GENOME RESEARCH. 1996;6(10):965-971
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 1995;198(12):2581-2591
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All other publications
- Review: BRAIN. 2024;147(2):390-405
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2023
- Preprint: OSF PREPRINTS. 2023
- Preprint: OSF PREPRINTS. 2022
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2022
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2022
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2022
- Letter: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;13(1):564
- Preprint: OSF PREPRINTS. 2021
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2020
- Preprint: OSF PREPRINTS. 2020
- Book chapter: MULTISENSORY PERCEPTION. 2020;p. 179-200
- Editorial comment: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2019;116(40):19771-19773
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2019
- Preprint: OSF PREPRINTS. 2019
- Review: FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE. 2009;3(2):214-220
- Review: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2008;191(1):1-10
- Letter: SCIENCE. 2007;318(5854):1242
- Published conference paper: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2005;1060:368-376
- Review: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2005;93(2):1020-1034
- Thesis / dissertation: 2001
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Grants
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2018 - 31 December 2027
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2018 - 10 January 2018
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2015 - 31 December 2017
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2015 - 31 December 2018
- Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation31 December 2014 - 30 December 2018
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2012 - 31 December 2014
- James S. McDonnell Foundation1 October 2009 - 30 September 2015
Employments
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2013-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2009
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 2003
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2001
Supervisor
- Xiaole Luan, Perceiving our body as our own: Perceptual evidence accumulation and neural connectivity, 2024