Upper limb amputees can be induced to experience a rubber hand as their own
(2008) In Brain 131(12). p.3443-3452- Abstract
- We describe how upper limb amputees can be made to experience a rubber hand as part of their own body. This was accomplished by applying synchronous touches to the stump, which was out of view, and to the index finger of a rubber hand, placed in full view (26 cm medial to the stump). This elicited an illusion of sensing touch on the artificial hand, rather than on the stump and a feeling of ownership of the rubber hand developed. This effect was supported by quantitative subjective reports in the form of questionnaires, behavioural data in the form of misreaching in a pointing task when asked to localize the position of the touch, and physiological evidence obtained by skin conductance responses when threatening the hand prosthesis. Our... (More)
- We describe how upper limb amputees can be made to experience a rubber hand as part of their own body. This was accomplished by applying synchronous touches to the stump, which was out of view, and to the index finger of a rubber hand, placed in full view (26 cm medial to the stump). This elicited an illusion of sensing touch on the artificial hand, rather than on the stump and a feeling of ownership of the rubber hand developed. This effect was supported by quantitative subjective reports in the form of questionnaires, behavioural data in the form of misreaching in a pointing task when asked to localize the position of the touch, and physiological evidence obtained by skin conductance responses when threatening the hand prosthesis. Our findings outline a simple method for transferring tactile sensations from the stump to a prosthetic limb by tricking the brain, thereby making an important contribution to the field of neuroprosthetics where a major goal is to develop artificial limbs that feel like a real parts of the body. (Less)
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- Ehrsson, H. Henrik ; Rosén, Birgitta LU ; Stockselius, Anita ; Ragno, Christina ; Kohler, Peter and Lundborg, Göran LU
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- 2008
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- Contribution to journal
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- Brain
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- 131
- issue
- 12
- pages
- 3443 - 3452
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- Oxford University Press
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- wos:000261996700031
- scopus:58149120982
- ISSN
- 1460-2156
- DOI
- 10.1093/brain/awn297
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- English
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