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ArticlePloS one2023

Reshaping the full body illusion through visuo-electro-tactile sensations.

Greta Preatoni, Francesca Dell'Eva, Giacomo Valle, Alessandra Pedrocchi, Stanisa Raspopovic

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Greta PreatoniDepartment of Health Sciences and Technology, Laboratory for Neuroengineering, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Francesca Dell'EvaNearLab, Department of Electronics Information and Bioengineering and We-Cobot Interdept, Lab, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Giacomo ValleDepartment of Health Sciences and Technology, Laboratory for Neuroengineering, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2637-8007
Alessandra PedrocchiNearLab, Department of Electronics Information and Bioengineering and We-Cobot Interdept, Lab, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Stanisa RaspopovicDepartment of Health Sciences and Technology, Laboratory for Neuroengineering, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0567-9051
ETH Zurich · CHPolitecnico di Milano · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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IllusionsTouch PerceptionBody ImageHumansTouchVisual Perception

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PMID36724146
PMCPMC9891501
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