Journal
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 2, Issue 3-4, Pages 171-178Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2011.603828
Keywords
Body representation; Embodiment; Rotation; Touch; Visuo-tactile
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- ESRC [RES-062-23-1150]
- ESRC [ES/F036248/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/F036248/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The rubber hand illusion is one reliable way to experimentally manipulate the experience of body ownership. However, debate continues about the necessary and sufficient conditions eliciting the illusion. We measured proprioceptive drift and the subjective experience (via questionnaire) while manipulating two variables that have been suggested to affect the intensity of the illusion. First, the rubber hand was positioned either in a posturally congruent position, or rotated by 180 degrees. Second, either the anatomically same rubber hand was used, or an anatomically incongruent one. We found in two independent experiments that a rubber hand rotated by 180 degrees leads to increased proprioceptive drift during synchronous visuo-tactile stroking, although it does not lead to feelings of ownership (as measured by questionnaire). This dissociation between drift and ownership suggests that proprioceptive drift is not necessarily a valid proxy for the illusion when using hands rotated by 180 degrees.
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