What is it about?
Body ownership feeling arises through the congruent and synchronic stimulation of multiple sensory channels. To explore the possible differences between the visuo-tactile and the visuo-proprioceptive channels, we decided to explore the Rubber Hand Illusion (RHI) by changing the postures of the thumb and index finger of the participants.
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Why is it important?
Based on the overall measures, the RHI observed went from stronger to weaker with full congruence; visuo-proprioceptive incongruence and visuo-tactile congruence; visuo-proprioceptive congruence and visuo-tactile incongruence; full incongruence. Our results confirm that congruent visual and tactile mapping is important, though not mandatory, to induce a strong sense of ownership.
Perspectives
The idea of this protocol was born several times ago when I was a graduate student. Never give up!
Roxane Bartoletti
Universite Cote d'Azur
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This page is a summary of: Visuo-Tactile Congruence Leads to Stronger Illusion Than Visuo-Proprioceptive Congruence: a Quantitative and Qualitative Approach to Explore the Rubber Hand Illusion, Multisensory Research, June 2023, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/22134808-bja10101.
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