Crossed hands strengthen and diversify proprioceptive drift in the self-touch illusion

• Published in: Frontiers in human neuroscience Vol. 8; p. 422
• Main Authors: Kodaka, Kenri, Ishihara, Yuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 17.06.2014; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: body image; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive Dissonance; Hands; Hypotheses; multi-sensory integration; Neuroscience; Posture; Proprioception; Proprioceptive drift; Prostheses; Rubber; self-touch illusion; proprioceptive drift; multi-sensory integration; cognitive dissonance; body image; self-touch illusion

In the self-touch illusion (STI), some can feel that both hands are touching each other even when they are separated actually. This is achieved by giving synchronized touches to both hands. Because the STI involves both hands (an administrating hand and a receptive hand) of a single person, two type...