Itch evoked by the rubber hand illusion
It has been well-established that expectancies can influence itch intensity. It remains to be established whether psychological processes can lead to non-itchy input being perceived as itchy. The current study aimed to investigate whether healthy individuals perceive non-itchy tactile stimulation (rubbing) as itchy when having the illusion that an itch
Antoinette van Laarhoven +2 more
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A Secret of Hypnosis: A Dynamic Rubber Hand Illusion [PDF]
Presenting a suggestion of heaviness to a person in a hypnotic trance (e.g., "your arm is getting heavier and heavier") tends to result in a corresponding change in the person's body position (e.g., the arm lowers).
Eriko Sugimori +2 more
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Real Virtuality: A Code of Ethical Conduct. Recommendations for Good Scientific Practice and the Consumers of VR-Technology [PDF]
The goal of this article is to present a first list of ethical concerns that may arise from research and personal use of virtual reality (VR) and related technology, and to offer concrete recommendations for minimizing those risks.
Madary, Michael, Metzinger, Thomas
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Rubber Hand Illusion Reduces Discomfort Caused by Cold Stimulus
There is a growing interest in body-ownership disruptions and their consequences for subjective experiences such as tactile sensations or pain. Here, we investigated the effect of the rubber hand illusion (RHI) on the perceived discomfort caused by cold stimulus applied to the real hand.
Siedlecka, Marta +3 more
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Sensations of skin infestation linked to abnormal frontolimbic brain reactivity and differences in self-representation [PDF]
Some patients experience skin sensations of infestation and contamination that are elusive to proximate dermatological explanation. We undertook a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of the brain to demonstrate, for the first time, that central ...
A.P. Bewley +42 more
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Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s disease changes perception in the Rubber Hand Illusion
Parkinson’s disease (PD) alters cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic circuitry and susceptibility to an illusion of bodily awareness, the Rubber Hand Illusion (RHI).
Catherine Ding +7 more
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The cybernetic Bayesian brain: from interoceptive inference to sensorimotor contingencies [PDF]
Is there a single principle by which neural operations can account for perception, cognition, action, and even consciousness? A strong candidate is now taking shape in the form of “predictive processing”.
Seth, Anil K
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Towards multiple interactions of inner and outer sensations in corporeal awareness [PDF]
Under normal circumstances, different inner- and outer-body sources are integrated to form coherent and accurate mental experiences of the state of the body, leading to the phenomenon of corporeal awareness. How these processes are affected by changes in
LUCCI, Giuliana, PAZZAGLIA, Mariella
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Neuro-cognitive effects of degraded visibility on illusory body ownership
Based on visuo-tactile stimulation, the rubber hand illusion induces a sense of ownership for a dummy hand. Manipulating the visibility of the dummy hand during the stimulation influences cognitive aspects of the illusion, suggesting that the related ...
Gustavo S.P. Pamplona +6 more
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Is this my hand? Body-ownership and the rubber hand illusion
We perceive that our body belongs to us and is a coherent and unified entity. Therefore, body-ownership is fundamental to self-consciousness. To explore body-ownership in normal subjects, researchers have intensively used a bodily illusion known as the ...
Satoshi Shibuya +2 more
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