Director of the Lab

Prof. Olaf Blanke M.D., Ph.D.

Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience (LNCO)
Brain-Mind Institute
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
1015 Lausanne
Phone : +41-21-693-96-21
Fax: +41-21-693-96-25
E-mail: olaf.blanke@epfl.ch

Department of Neurology 
University Hospital
24, rue Micheli-du-Crest
1211 Geneva 14
Phone : +41-22-372-82-94

Publications

2009

[PDF] Tadi T, Overney LS, Blanke O (2009). Three sequential brain activations encode mental transformations of upright and inverted human bodies: A high resolution evoked potential study. Neuroscience 159(4):1316-25
[PDF] Blanke O, Aspell JE (2009). Brain technologies raise unprecedented ethical challenges.Nature 458(7239):703
[PDF] Schwabe L, Lenggenhager B, Blanke O (2009). The timing of temporoparietal and frontal activations during mental own body transformations from different visuospatial perspectives. Hum Brain Mapp
[PDF] Blanke O, Morgenthaler FD, Brugger P, Overney LS (2009). Preliminary evidence for a fronto-parietal dysfunction in able-bodied participants with a desire for limb amputation. J Neuropsychol.
[PDF] Ionta S, Blanke O (2009). Differential influence of hands posture on mental rotation of hands and feet in left and right handers. Exp Brain Res.
[PDF] Mercier M, Schwartz S, Michel CM, Blanke O (2009). Motion direction tuning in human visual cortex. Eur J Neurosci. 29(2):424-34.
[PDF] Lenggenhager B, Mouthon M, Blanke O (2009). Spatial aspects of bodily self-consciousness. Conscious Cogn. 18(1):110-7
[PDF] Blanke O, Metzinger T (2009). Full-body illusions and minimal phenomenal selfhood.Trends Cogn Sci. 13(1):7-13
[PDF] Easton S, Blanke O, Mohr C (2009). A putative implication for fronto-parietal connectivity in out-of-body experiences. Cortex. 45(2):216-27
[PDF] Overney LS, Arzy S, Blanke O (2009). Deficient mental own-body imagery in a neurological patient with out-of-body experiences due to cannabis use. Cortex. 45(2):228-35
[PDF] Blanke O, Vaclavik V, Landis T, Safran AB (2009). Dog phobia in a motion-blind patient. Cogn Neuropsychiatry. 8(3):211-21
[PDF] Lopez, C., Bachofner, C., Mercier, M., & Blanke, O. (2009). Gravity and observer's body orientation influence the visual perception of human body postures. Journal of Vision, 9(5):1, 1-14.

2008

[PDF] Lenggenhager B, Lopez C, Blanke O (2008). Influence of Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation on egocentric and object-based mental transformations. Exp Brain Res. 184:211-221.
[PDF] Lopez C,Halje P, Blanke O (2008). Body ownership and embodiment: vestibular and multisensory mechanisms.Clin Neurophysiol.38(3):149-61.
[PDF] Blanke O, Arzy S, Landis T (2008). Illusory perception of body and self. In: Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Ed. G. Goldenberg) 88:429-458.
[PDF] Overney LS, Blanke O, Herzog M (2008). Enhanced temporal but not attentional processing in expert tennis players. PLOS One 3 (6): e2380.
[PDF] Blanke O, Metzinger T, Lenggenhager B (2008). Multimodal perspectives and locations for the self. Science E-letter.
[PDF] Blanke O, Morgenthaler FD, Brugger P, Overney LS (2008) Preliminary evidence for a fronto-parietal dysfunction in able-bodied subjects with a desire for limb amputation. J Neuropsychology
[PDF] Overney LS, Arzy S, Blanke O (2008) Deficient mental own-body imagery in a neurological patient with out-of-body experiences due to cannabis use.Cortex.(In Press)
[PDF] Arzy S, Molnar-Szakacs I, Blanke O (2008).Self in time: imagined self-location influences neural activity related to mental time travel. J Neurosci. 28(25):6502-7.
[PDF] Schwabe L, Blanke O (2008). Phenomenology as another toolbox for neuroscientists? Abstracta.
[PDF] Overney LS, Blanke O (2008).Impaired Imagery for Upper Limbs.Brain Topogr.(In press)
[PDF] Brooks A, Schouten B, Troje NF, Verfaillie K, Blanke O, van der Zwan R. (2008).Correlated changes in perceptions of the gender and orientation of ambiguous biological motion figures.Curr Biol. 9;18(17):R728-R729.
[PDF] Blanke O,. From out-of-body experiences to the neural mechanisms of self consciousness. Companion to Consciousness, Oxford University Press.(In Press)
[PDF] Blanke O, Arzy S, Overney L. Deficient mental own-body imagery in a neurological patient with out-of-body experiences due to cervical spinal cord injury. Cortex.(In Press)
[PDF] Easton S, Blanke O, Mohr C (2007) A putative implication for fronto-parietal connectivity in out-of-body experiences. Cortex.(In Press)
[PDF] Van der Zwan R, Smith V, Blanke O, Brooks A (in press) Low-level Luminance Mechanisms and Multi-Stage Biological Motion Processing. Perception.(In Press)
[PDF] Brooks A, Van der Zwan R, Mercier M, Blanke O (in press) Visual Neuropsychology. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience.(In Press)
[PDF] Blanke O, Kannape O. Global body representations and self consciousness. Bildwelten 4: 66-81.(In press).
[PDF] Dieguez S, Landis T, Blanke O. Méconnaissances corporelles perceptives et cognitives : La neurologie du schéma corpoel. Rev Méd Suisse.(In Press).
[PDF] Dieguez S, Blanke O. Leaving body and life behind. Out-of-body and near-death experiences. In: The neurology of consciousness (Laureys, Ed); MIT Press.(In Press).

2007

[PDF] O. Blanke, A. Brooks, M. Mercier, L. Spinelli, M. Adriani, L. Lavanchy, A.B. Safran and T. Landis.(2007).Distinct mechanisms of form-from-motion perception in human extrastriate cortex. Neuropsychologia 45(4): 644-53.
[PDF] Brooks A, Van der Zwan R, Billard A, Petraska B, Clarke S, Blanke O (2007). Auditory motion influences biological motion perception. Neuropsychologia.45: 523-530
[PDF] Arzy S, Mohr C, Michel C.M, Blanke O.(2007) Duration and not strength in temporo-parietal cortex positively correlates with schizotypy. NeuroImage 35 326-333.
[PDF] Petraska B, Adriani M, Blanke O, Billard A (2007) Apraxia. A review Prog Brain Res (in press).
[PDF] Lenggenhager B, Lopez C, Blanke O. (in press) Influence of galvanic vestibular stimulation on egocentric and object-based mental transformations. Exp Brain Res.
[PDF] Blanke O, Castillo V (2007) Clinical neuroimaging in epileptic patients with autoscopic hallucinations and out-of-body experiences.Case report and review of the literature. Epileptologie 24: 90-96.
[PDF] Easton S, Blanke O, Mohr C (2007) A putative implication for fronto-parietal connectivity in out-of-body experiences. Cortex (in press).
[PDF] Blanke O, Adriani M, Brooks A, Mercier M, Spinelli L, Lavanchy L, Safran AB, Landis T (2007) Three distinct types of deficient form-from-motion perception following unilateral posterior brain damage. Neuropsychologia 45: 644-65
[PDF] Van der Zwan R, Smith V, Blanke O, Brooks A (in press) Low-level Luminance Mechanisms and Multi-Stage Biological Motion Processing.Perception
[PDF] Brooks A, Van der Zwan R, Mercier M, Blanke O (in press) Visual Neuropsychology. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Schwabe L, Blanke O(2007).
[PDF] Schwabe L, Blanke O, (2007) The cognitive neuroscience of agency and ownership. Consciousness and Cognition (in press).
[PDF] Blanke O. (2007) I and me. Self-portraits in brain damage. Front Neurol Neurosci. 2007;22:14-29.
[PDF] Lopez C, Blanke O (2007) Neural mechanisms of embodiment. Clin Neurophysiol. (in press)
[PDF] Blanke O (2007) From out-of-body experiences to the neural mechanisms of self consciousness. Companion to Consciousness, Oxford University Press. (in press)
[PDF] Blanke O, Arzy S, Landis T. (2007) Illusory perception of body and self. In: Handbook of Neurology (Ed. G. Goldenberg) (in press).

2006

[PDF] Arzy S, Seeck M, Ortigue S, Spinelli L, Blanke O (2006). Induction of an Illusory shadow person. Nature 443(7109):287.
[PDF] M.Seeck,A.J. Pegna, S. Ortigue,...O.Blanke et al(2006). Speech arrest with stimulation may not reliably predict language deficit. Neurology 66(4):592-4.
[PDF] Brugger P, Blanke O, Regard M, Bradford D, Landis T (2006). Polyopic Heautoscopy. Case Report and Review. Cortex 42(5): 666-74
[PDF] Arzy S, Thut G, Mohr C, Michel C, Blanke O (2006). Neural Basis of Embodiment. J of Neurosci 26(31):8074-8081.
[PDF] Arzy S, Overney L, Landis T, Blanke O(2006). Neural Mechanisms of Embodiment. Arch Neurol 63(7):1022-5.
[PDF] Blanke O (2006).Visuo Spatial Neglect In Lovis Corinth's Self- Portraits. Int Rev Neurobiol 74C:193-214.
[PDF] Ortigue S, Landis T, Megevand P, Blanke O (2006). Representational neglect for personal and extrapersonal space: A double dissociation. Neurology 66:1414-1417.
[PDF] Blanke O, Thut G (2006). Inducing out of body experiences. In: Tall Tales (ed. G. Della Sala), Oxford: Oxford University Press.( In Press)
[PDF] Lenggenhager B, Smith S, Blanke O (2006).Functional and Neural mechanisms of embodiment. Rev Neuroscience.17 643-657
PDF] Brooks A, Van der Zwan R, Mercier M, Blanke O (in press) Visual Neuropsychology. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Schwabe L, Blanke O (2007).

2005

[PDF] Arzy S, Idel M, Landis T, Blanke O. (2005) Speaking with one's self. J Consciousness Studies 12:4-30
[PDF] Blanke O, Mohr C. (2005) Autoscopic phenomena of neurological origin. Implications for corporal awareness and self consciousness. Brain Research Reviews 50:184-199.
[PDF] Arzy S, Idel M, Landis T, Blanke O. (2005) Why revelations occurred on mountains. Med Hypotheses 65(5):841-845.
[PDF] Ortigue S, Jabaudon D, Landis T, Maravita A, Blanke O. (2005) Crossmodal alloesthesia. NeuroReport 16:865-868.
[PDF] Mohr C, Blanke O. (2005) The demystification of autoscopic phenomena Experimental propositions. Current Psychiatr Reports 7:189-195.
[PDF] Blanke O et al.Linking OBEs and self processing to mental own body imagery at the temporo-parietal junction. J Neurosci 25:550-55.pdf
[PDF] Arzy S,Blanke O (2005) Out-of-body, out-of-time. Abnormal unity of body and self in space and time. In Endophysics, Time, Quantum and the Subjective (R. Buccheri et al., Eds.),507-530.
[PDF] Blanke O, Arzy S. (2005) Out-of-body experience, self, and the temporoparietal junction. Neuroscientist 11:16-24.
[PDF] Buenning S, Blanke O. (2005) The out-of body experience precipitating factors and neural correlates. Prog Brain Res 150 333-353.

2004

[PDF] Blanke O (2004) Out-of-body experience and their neural basis. Brit Med J 329:1414-1415.
[PDF] Ortigue S, Landis T, Michel CM, Blanke J, Martory MD, Blanke O. (2004) Letters lost in Space. NeuroReport 15:2545-2548.
[PDF] Ducommun C, Michel CM, Clarke S, Adriani M, Seeck M, Landis T, Blanke O. (2004) Cortical motion deafness.Neuron 43:765-777
[PDF] Blanke O,et al(2004) Out-of-body experience and autoscopy of neurological origin. Brain 127:243-258.[Editorial Frith C (2004) Brain 127 2.
[PDF] Blanke O, Landis T. (2004) Giorgio de Chirico Intricate links between spiritual fevers, metaphysical art, and the interictal temporal lobe syndrome Eur Neurol 51:186-187.
[PDF] Blanke O. (2004) The neurology of Out-of-body experiences Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Bial Foundation, Vol 5:193-218.
[PDF] Blanke O (2004) Achromatopsie. Neuro-ophtalmologie (eds. AB Safran, A Vighetto, T Landis, Cabanis EA). Masson : Paris, pp. 135-136.
[PDF] Blanke O (2004) Akinétopsie. Neuro-ophtalmologie (eds. AB Safran, A Vighetto, T Landis, Cabanis EA). Masson : Paris, pp. 136-138.
[PDF] Blanke O (2004) Illusions visuelles. Neuro-ophtalmologie (eds. AB Safran, A Vighetto, T Landis, Cabanis EA). Masson : Paris, pp. 147-150.
[PDF] Blanke O,Ortigue S (2004)Troubles de la perception visuo-spatialle élémentaire.Neuro-ophtalmologie(AB Safran et al).Masson:Paris,138-140.

2003

[PDF] Blanke O, Seeck M. (2003) Direction of saccadic and smooth eye movements induced by electrical cortical stimulation of the human frontal eye field effect of initial orbital position. Exp Brain Res 150(2):174-83.
[PDF] Blanke O, Ortigue S, Landis T. (2003) Colour neglect in an artist. Lancet 361(9353):264
[PDF] Ortigue S, Viaud-Delmon I, Michel CM, Blanke O,et al (2003) Pure imagery hemi-neglect of far space. Neurology 60:2000-2002.
[PDF] Seeck M, Zaim S, Chaves-Vischer V, Blanke O,et al(2003)Ictal bradycardia in a young child with focal cortical dysplasia in the right insular cortex. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 7(4):177-81.
[PDF] Blanke O, Vaclavik V, Landis T, Safran AB. (2003) Dogphobia in a motion blind patient. Cogn Neuropsychiatr 8:211-221.
[PDF] Blanke O, et al(2003) Direction specific motion blindness after unilateral lesions to the human posterior cortex. Eur J Neurosci 18:709-722.
[PDF] Blanke O, Ortigue S, Coeytaux A, Martory M-D, Landis T. (2003) Hearing of a presence. NeuroCase 9:329-339.
[PDF] Blanke O, Landis T. (2003) The metaphysical art of Giorgio de Chirico. Migraine or Epilepsy Eur Neurol 50:191-194.[Editorial Bogousslavsky J (2003) The neurology of art.

2002

[PDF] Seeck M, Blanke O, Zaim S. (2002) Temporal lobe epilepsy and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) a case report. Epilepsy and Behavior 3:285-288.
[PDF] Blanke O, Ortigue S, Landis T, Seeck M. (2002) Stimulating illusory own-body perceptions. Nature 419:269-270.(IF 30.979) [CommentariesEditorials Lancet Neurology 2002, 1_ 400_.
[PDF] Blanke O,et al(2002) Direction specific motion blindness induced by focal stimulation of human extrastriate cortex. Eur J Neurosci 15:2043-2048.

2001

[PDF] Lantz G, Michel CM, Seeck M, Blanke O,et al (2001) Characterization of epileptiform activity during epileptic seizures, using space oriented segmentation.
[PDF] Lazeyras F, Zimine I, Blanke O, Perrig S, Seeck M. (2001) Functional fMRI with simultaneous EEG recording feasibility and application to motor and visual activation. J Magn Res Imaging.
[PDF] Blanke O, Grüsser O-J (2001) Tactile and proprioceptive saccades in man. Vision Res 41:2407-2412.
[PDF] Gonzalez Andino SL, Grave de Peralta Menendez R, Lantz G, Blanke O, Michel CM, Landis T. (2001) Non-stationary source approximation An alternative to improve localization procedures.
[PDF] Ortigue S, Viaud-Delmon I, Annoni JM, Michel CM, Blanke O, Landis T, Mayer E. (2001) Pure representational neglect after right thalamic lesion. Ann Neurol 50:401-404.
[PDF] Gonzalez Andino SL, Blanke O, Lantz G, G Thut, Grave de Peralta Menendez R. The use of functional constraints for the neuroelectromagnetic inverse problem Alternatives and caveats. (2001).

2000

[PDF] Blanke O,et al(2000) Determination of seizure onset in the frequency-domain. Clin Neurophysiol 111:763-772.
[PDF] Thut G, Hauert C-A, Viviani P,..., Blanke O, Landis T, Michel CM. (2000) Internally-driven versus externally-cued movement selection A study on the timing of brain actv.
[PDF] Blanke O,et al(2000) Location of the human frontal eye field as defined by electrical cortical stimulation anatomical, functional.
[PDF] Blanke O,et al(2000) Simple and complex vestibular responses induced by electrical cortical stimulation of the human parietal cortex.
[PDF] Blanke O,et al(2000)Electrical cortical stimulation of the human prefrontal cortex induces complex visual hallucinations. Epilepsy Behavior 1:356-361.
[PDF] Gonzalez Andino SL, Grave de Peralta Menendez R, Thut G, Spinelli L, Blanke O, Michel CM, Seeck M, Landis T (2000) Measuring the complexity of time series an application to neurophys.
[PDF] Thut G, Hauert C-A, Blanke O,et al(2000) Visually induced activity in human frontal motor areas during simple visuomotor performance.NeuroReport.
[PDF] Lazeyras F, Blanke O,et al.(2000) MRI, fMRI, and MRS in a patient suffering from pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Neurology.
[PDF] Blanke O,et al(2000)Electrical cortical stimulation of the human prefrontal cortex induces complex visual hallucinations. Epilepsy Behavior 1:356-361.

1999

[PDF] Lantz G, Michel CM, Seeck M, Blanke O, Landis T, Rosen I. (1999) Frequency domain EEG source localization of ictal epileptiform activity in patients with partial complex epilepsy. Clin Neurophysiol. 110(1):176-84.
[PDF] Blanke O, Morand S, Michel CM, Thut G, Spinelli L, Landis T, Seeck M. (1999) Visual activity in the human frontal eye field. Neuroreport 10(5):925-30.