Vibrotactile Sensory Substitution Elicits Feeling of Ownership of an Alien Hand

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 7; no. 11; p. e50756
• Main Authors: D’Alonzo, Marco, Cipriani, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 30.11.2012; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Biology; Conductance; Engineering; Feedback; Feedback, Sensory - physiology; Female; Finger; Galvanic Skin Response - physiology; Grasping; Hand; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Illusions - physiology; Male; Motor task performance; Perceptions; Physical Stimulation; Proprioception - physiology; Prostheses; Prostheses and implants; Resistance; Robotics; Rubber; Sensors; Sensory feedback; Skin; Skin tests; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Stimulation; Stimulators; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tactile stimuli; Touch; Touch - physiology; Vibration; Virtual reality

Tactile feedback plays a key role in the attribution of a limb to the self and in the motor control of grasping and manipulation. However, due to technological limits, current prosthetic hands do not provide amputees with cutaneous touch feedback. Recent findings showed that amputees can be tricked...