Is the prosthetic homologue necessary for embodiment?
Embodiment is the process by which patients with limb loss come to accept their peripheral device as a natural extension of self. However, there is little guidance as to how exacting the prosthesis must be in order for embodiment to take place: is it necessary for the prosthetic hand to look just li...
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| author | Chelsea Dornfeld Chelsea Dornfeld Michelle Swanston Michelle Swanston Joseph Cassella Joseph Cassella Casey Beasley Casey Beasley Jacob Green Jacob Green Yonatan Moshayev Yonatan Moshayev Michael Wininger Michael Wininger Michael Wininger |
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| description | Embodiment is the process by which patients with limb loss come to accept their peripheral device as a natural extension of self. However, there is little guidance as to how exacting the prosthesis must be in order for embodiment to take place: is it necessary for the prosthetic hand to look just like the absent hand? Here, we describe a protocol for testing whether an individual would select a hand that looks like their own from among a selection of 5 hands, and whether the hand selection (regardless of homology) is consistent across multiple exposures to the same (but reordered) set of candidate hands. Pilot results using healthy volunteers reveals that hand selection is only modestly consistent, and that selection of the prosthetic homologue is atypical (61 of 192 total exposures). Our protocol can be executed in minutes, and makes use of readily available equipment and softwares. We present both a face-to-face and a virtual protocol, for maximum flexibility of implementation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46adb1b1c98a4966b4be603f242760632022-12-21T23:57:32ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurorobotics1662-52182016-12-011010.3389/fnbot.2016.00021218698Is the prosthetic homologue necessary for embodiment?Chelsea Dornfeld0Chelsea Dornfeld1Michelle Swanston2Michelle Swanston3Joseph Cassella4Joseph Cassella5Casey Beasley6Casey Beasley7Jacob Green8Jacob Green9Yonatan Moshayev10Yonatan Moshayev11Michael Wininger12Michael Wininger13Michael Wininger14University of HartfordABC Prosthetics & OrthoticsUniversity of HartfordMountain Orthotic and Prosthetic ServicesUniversity of HartfordNew England Orthotics & Prosthetics SystemsUniversity of HartfordHanger Clinic - ESNYUniversity of HartfordHanger Clinic - SNHUniversity of HartfordOrthocraft Inc., USAUniversity of HartfordYale School of Public Health, Yale UniversityDepartment of Veterans AffairsEmbodiment is the process by which patients with limb loss come to accept their peripheral device as a natural extension of self. However, there is little guidance as to how exacting the prosthesis must be in order for embodiment to take place: is it necessary for the prosthetic hand to look just like the absent hand? Here, we describe a protocol for testing whether an individual would select a hand that looks like their own from among a selection of 5 hands, and whether the hand selection (regardless of homology) is consistent across multiple exposures to the same (but reordered) set of candidate hands. Pilot results using healthy volunteers reveals that hand selection is only modestly consistent, and that selection of the prosthetic homologue is atypical (61 of 192 total exposures). Our protocol can be executed in minutes, and makes use of readily available equipment and softwares. We present both a face-to-face and a virtual protocol, for maximum flexibility of implementation.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbot.2016.00021/fullaestheticsembodimentDesignprostheticshuman-machine interface |
| spellingShingle | Chelsea Dornfeld Chelsea Dornfeld Michelle Swanston Michelle Swanston Joseph Cassella Joseph Cassella Casey Beasley Casey Beasley Jacob Green Jacob Green Yonatan Moshayev Yonatan Moshayev Michael Wininger Michael Wininger Michael Wininger Is the prosthetic homologue necessary for embodiment? Frontiers in Neurorobotics aesthetics embodiment Design prosthetics human-machine interface |
| title | Is the prosthetic homologue necessary for embodiment? |
| title_full | Is the prosthetic homologue necessary for embodiment? |
| title_fullStr | Is the prosthetic homologue necessary for embodiment? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is the prosthetic homologue necessary for embodiment? |
| title_short | Is the prosthetic homologue necessary for embodiment? |
| title_sort | is the prosthetic homologue necessary for embodiment |
| topic | aesthetics embodiment Design prosthetics human-machine interface |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbot.2016.00021/full |
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