ArticleQuarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)2022
The Rubber Hand Illusion: Top-down attention modulates embodiment.
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- Coupling Causal Inference and Cross-Modal Recalibration: A Unified Framework for Adaptive Multisensory Perception.Biology · 2026Review
- Feeling (in)complete: neural correlates of perceived body integrity in individuals with lower limb amputation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Strength of religious faith is associated with altered sense of agency during multisensory conflict.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2026Article
- Visual effects on tactile stimulation and its perception: A pilot study using near-infrared spectroscopy.MethodsX · 2024Article
- Disrupted sense of agency-related ownership and disownership increase in the Rubber Hand Illusion.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Cross-Modal Plasticity during Self-Motion Perception.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Individual-based predominance of visual input in multisensorial integration for balance is correlated with proprioceptive drift in rubber hand illusion.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
The Rubber Hand Illusion (RHI) creates distortions of body ownership through multimodal integration of somatosensory and visual inputs. This illusion largely rests on bottom-up (automatic multisensory and perceptual integration) mechanisms. However, the relative contribution from top-down factors, such as controlled processes involving attentional regulation, remains unclear. Following previous work that highlights the putative influence of higher-order cognition in the RHI, we aimed to further examine how modulations of working memory load and task instructions-two conditions engaging top-down cognitive processes-influence the experience of the RHI, as indexed by a number of psychometric dimensions. Relying on exploratory factor analysis for assessing this phenomenology within the RHI, our results confirm the influence of higher-order, top-down mental processes. Whereas task instruction strongly modulated embodiment of the rubber hand, cognitive load altered the affective dimension of the RHI. Our findings corroborate that top-down processes shape the phenomenology of the RHI and herald new ways to improve experimental control over the RHI.
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