> Highlights > - Collaborative interaction with a robot can reshape human spatial attention > - After interaction, the human brain treats the robot hand as part of its body schema > - Engagement in the task and proximity to human peripersonal space foster joint body schema > - Attributing human likeness and competence to the robot strengthens the joint body schema

I remember reading somewhere (can't find the source now) that we generally know that during tool use, we are able to treat the tool as an extension of the body -whether it's a simple tool (like a hammer or a knife) or more complex tools (like a car or a crane).

This is an evolutionary or developmental advantage I assume.