Keeping in Touch with One's Self: Multisensory Mechanisms of Self-Consciousness

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 4; no. 8; p. e6488
• Main Authors: Aspell, Jane E., Lenggenhager, Bigna, Blanke, Olaf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 05.08.2009; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Brain research; Cognition & reasoning; Consciousness; Female; Helmet mounted displays; Humans; Judgments; Laboratories; Male; Mapping; Neurology; Neuroscience; Neuroscience/Cognitive Neuroscience; Neuroscience/Experimental Psychology; Neuroscience/Psychology; Neuroscience/Sensory Systems; Neurosciences; Perceptions; Physiology; Psychophysiology; Self Concept; Spatial discrimination; Stimuli; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tactile stimuli; Touch; Visual observation; Switzerland

The spatial unity between self and body can be disrupted by employing conflicting visual-somatosensory bodily input, thereby bringing neurological observations on bodily self-consciousness under scientific scrutiny. Here we designed a novel paradigm linking the study of bodily self-consciousness to...