Carey, Mark, Crucianelli, Laura, Preston, Catherine orcid.org/0000-0001-7158-5382 et al. (1 more author) (2019) The Effect of Visual Capture Towards Subjective Embodiment Within the Full Body Illusion. Scientific Reports. p. 2889. ISSN 2045-2322
Abstract
Typically, multisensory illusion paradigms emphasise the importance of synchronous visuotactile integration to induce subjective embodiment towards another body. However, the extent to which embodiment is due to the 'visual capture' of congruent visuoproprioceptive information alone remains unclear. Thus, across two experiments (total N = 80), we investigated how mere visual observation of a mannequin body, viewed from a first-person perspective, influenced subjective embodiment independently from concomitant visuotactile integration. Moreover, we investigated whether slow, affective touch on participants' own, unseen body (without concomitant touch on the seen mannequin) disrupted visual capture effects to a greater degree than fast, non-affective touch. In total, 40% of participants experienced subjective embodiment towards the mannequin body following mere visual observation, and this effect was significantly higher than conditions which included touch to participants own, unseen body. The velocity of the touch that participants received (affective/non-affective) did not differ in modulating visual capture effects. Furthermore, the effects of visual capture and perceived pleasantness of touch was not modulated by subthreshold eating disorder psychopathology. Overall, this study suggests that congruent visuoproprioceptive cues can be sufficient to induce subjective embodiment of a whole body, in the absence of visuotactile integration and beyond mere confabulatory responses.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2019 10:40 |
Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2024 08:39 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39168-4 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/s41598-019-39168-4 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:141196 |
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