TY - GEN
T1 - A simple action of right index finger induces rubber hand illusion to static left hand
AU - Hara, Masayuki
AU - Ishino, Yuji
AU - Kanayama, Noariaki
AU - Takasaki, Masaya
AU - Yamaguchi, Daisuke
AU - Mizuno, Takeshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/2/6
Y1 - 2017/2/6
N2 - The rubber hand illusion (RHI) is a bodily illusion that a fake rubber hand is felt as if it was one's own hand when both the hands are synchronously stimulated. Also, it is well-known that people can experience the RHI when the movements of the visible fake and invisible real hands are synchronized. However, underlying mechanism of the RHI and relationship between action and body ownership are still open questions. Based on the RHI paradigm, the present paper discusses how the agency of a body part affects the sense of body ownership at the other body part. In this study, we examined if a simple up-and-down action of right index finger induces the RHI to left hand which was kept still by using virtual reality and robotics technologies. Our experimental results indicated that the action of the right index finger allowed the embodiment of the virtual hands at both the right and left hands. This implies that only a simple action of a body part increases the sense of body ownership at the other body part.
AB - The rubber hand illusion (RHI) is a bodily illusion that a fake rubber hand is felt as if it was one's own hand when both the hands are synchronously stimulated. Also, it is well-known that people can experience the RHI when the movements of the visible fake and invisible real hands are synchronized. However, underlying mechanism of the RHI and relationship between action and body ownership are still open questions. Based on the RHI paradigm, the present paper discusses how the agency of a body part affects the sense of body ownership at the other body part. In this study, we examined if a simple up-and-down action of right index finger induces the RHI to left hand which was kept still by using virtual reality and robotics technologies. Our experimental results indicated that the action of the right index finger allowed the embodiment of the virtual hands at both the right and left hands. This implies that only a simple action of a body part increases the sense of body ownership at the other body part.
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U2 - 10.1109/SMC.2016.7844329
DO - 10.1109/SMC.2016.7844329
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85015788278
T3 - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 737
EP - 742
BT - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016 - Conference Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016
Y2 - 9 October 2016 through 12 October 2016
ER -