Reshaping the full body illusion through visuo-electro-tactile sensations
The physical boundaries of our body do not define what we perceive as self. This malleable representation arises from the neural integration of sensory information coming from the environment. Manipulating the visual and haptic cues produces changes in body perception, inducing the Full Body Illusio...
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| author | Greta Preatoni Francesca Dell’Eva Giacomo Valle Alessandra Pedrocchi Stanisa Raspopovic |
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| description | The physical boundaries of our body do not define what we perceive as self. This malleable representation arises from the neural integration of sensory information coming from the environment. Manipulating the visual and haptic cues produces changes in body perception, inducing the Full Body Illusion (FBI), a vastly used approach to exploring humans’ perception. After pioneering FBI demonstrations, issues arose regarding its setup, using experimenter-based touch and pre-recorded videos. Moreover, its outcome measures are based mainly on subjective reports, leading to biased results, or on heterogeneous objective ones giving poor consensus on their validity. To address these limitations, we developed and tested a multisensory platform allowing highly controlled experimental conditions, thanks to the leveraged use of innovative technologies: Virtual Reality (VR) and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS). This enabled a high spatial and temporal precision of the visual and haptic cues, efficiently eliciting FBI. While it matched the classic approach in subjective measures, our setup resulted also in significant results for all objective measurements. Importantly, FBI was elicited when all 4 limbs were multimodally stimulated but also in a single limb condition. Our results behoove the adoption of a comprehensive set of measures, introducing a new neuroscientific platform to investigate body representations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c3cf89e801449f5b5614103235a8e172023-02-05T05:30:58ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01182Reshaping the full body illusion through visuo-electro-tactile sensationsGreta PreatoniFrancesca Dell’EvaGiacomo ValleAlessandra PedrocchiStanisa RaspopovicThe physical boundaries of our body do not define what we perceive as self. This malleable representation arises from the neural integration of sensory information coming from the environment. Manipulating the visual and haptic cues produces changes in body perception, inducing the Full Body Illusion (FBI), a vastly used approach to exploring humans’ perception. After pioneering FBI demonstrations, issues arose regarding its setup, using experimenter-based touch and pre-recorded videos. Moreover, its outcome measures are based mainly on subjective reports, leading to biased results, or on heterogeneous objective ones giving poor consensus on their validity. To address these limitations, we developed and tested a multisensory platform allowing highly controlled experimental conditions, thanks to the leveraged use of innovative technologies: Virtual Reality (VR) and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS). This enabled a high spatial and temporal precision of the visual and haptic cues, efficiently eliciting FBI. While it matched the classic approach in subjective measures, our setup resulted also in significant results for all objective measurements. Importantly, FBI was elicited when all 4 limbs were multimodally stimulated but also in a single limb condition. Our results behoove the adoption of a comprehensive set of measures, introducing a new neuroscientific platform to investigate body representations.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9891501/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Greta Preatoni Francesca Dell’Eva Giacomo Valle Alessandra Pedrocchi Stanisa Raspopovic Reshaping the full body illusion through visuo-electro-tactile sensations PLoS ONE |
| title | Reshaping the full body illusion through visuo-electro-tactile sensations |
| title_full | Reshaping the full body illusion through visuo-electro-tactile sensations |
| title_fullStr | Reshaping the full body illusion through visuo-electro-tactile sensations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reshaping the full body illusion through visuo-electro-tactile sensations |
| title_short | Reshaping the full body illusion through visuo-electro-tactile sensations |
| title_sort | reshaping the full body illusion through visuo electro tactile sensations |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9891501/?tool=EBI |
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