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ArticleiScience2024

Rewiring the evolution of the human hand: How the embodiment of a virtual bionic tool improves behavior.

Matteo Marucci, Ottavia Maddaluno, Colleen Patricia Ryan, Cristina Perciballi, Simona Vasta, Simone Ciotti, Alessandro Moscatelli, Viviana Betti

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Matteo MarucciDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Ottavia MaddalunoDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Colleen Patricia RyanDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Cristina PerciballiDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Simona VastaDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Simone CiottiInformation Engineering Department and the Research Center "E. Piaggio", University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Alessandro MoscatelliDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Viviana BettiDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Humans are the most versatile tool users among animals. Accordingly, our manual skills evolved alongside the shape of the hand. In the future, further evolution may take place: humans may merge with their tools, and technology may integrate into our biology in a way that blurs the line between the two. So, the question is whether humans can embody a bionic tool (i.e., experience it as part of their body) and thus if this would affect behavior. We investigated in virtual reality how the substitution of the hand with a virtual grafting of an end-effector, either non-naturalistic (a bionic tool) or naturalistic (a hand), impacts embodiment and behavior. Across four experiments, we show that the virtual grafting of a bionic tool elicits a sense of embodiment similar to or even stronger than its natural counterpart. In conclusion, the natural usage of bionic tools can rewire the evolution of human behavior.

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Behavioral neuroscienceBionicscognitive neuroscience

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PMID39055602
PMCPMC11270032

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