Influence of interoception and body movement on the rubber hand illusion

Rubber hand illusion (RHI) refers to the illusory sense of body ownership of a fake hand, which is induced by synchronous visuotactile stimulation to the real and fake hands. A negative correlation was reported between the cardiac interoception and the strength of RHI, but the subsequent studies hav...

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Main Authors: Yoshitaka Kaneno, Achille Pasqualotto, Hiroshi Ashida
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1458726/full
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description Rubber hand illusion (RHI) refers to the illusory sense of body ownership of a fake hand, which is induced by synchronous visuotactile stimulation to the real and fake hands. A negative correlation was reported between the cardiac interoception and the strength of RHI, but the subsequent studies have been unsuccessful in replicating it. On the other hand, voluntary action is suggested to link interoception and the sense of body ownership in different situations. If so, moving RHI, induced by the active or the passive finger tapping while observing a fake hand, might reveal the relationship more clearly. The measurement of interoception has been another issue. We, therefore, examined the relationship between the moving RHI and two measures of interoception: interoceptive accuracy (IAcc) measured by the conventional heartbeat counting task and interoceptive sensibility (IS) measured using a questionnaire. For the classical visuotactile RHI, our results supported the lack of association between the interoception measures and RHI. For the moving RHI, a stronger sense of body ownership was induced for participants with higher IS regardless of active or passive movement, and a stronger sense of agency was caused by active than passive movement only for those with lower IAcc. These results reveal the dynamic links between the interoception and the bodily senses. The results also suggest that multiple dimensions of interoception affect the bodily senses differently.
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spelling doaj-art-e7576bee2e7f444bb9f7fbbfb704f5822025-08-20T01:58:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-12-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.14587261458726Influence of interoception and body movement on the rubber hand illusionYoshitaka Kaneno0Achille Pasqualotto1Hiroshi Ashida2Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanInstitute of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, JapanGraduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanRubber hand illusion (RHI) refers to the illusory sense of body ownership of a fake hand, which is induced by synchronous visuotactile stimulation to the real and fake hands. A negative correlation was reported between the cardiac interoception and the strength of RHI, but the subsequent studies have been unsuccessful in replicating it. On the other hand, voluntary action is suggested to link interoception and the sense of body ownership in different situations. If so, moving RHI, induced by the active or the passive finger tapping while observing a fake hand, might reveal the relationship more clearly. The measurement of interoception has been another issue. We, therefore, examined the relationship between the moving RHI and two measures of interoception: interoceptive accuracy (IAcc) measured by the conventional heartbeat counting task and interoceptive sensibility (IS) measured using a questionnaire. For the classical visuotactile RHI, our results supported the lack of association between the interoception measures and RHI. For the moving RHI, a stronger sense of body ownership was induced for participants with higher IS regardless of active or passive movement, and a stronger sense of agency was caused by active than passive movement only for those with lower IAcc. These results reveal the dynamic links between the interoception and the bodily senses. The results also suggest that multiple dimensions of interoception affect the bodily senses differently.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1458726/fullrubber hand illusioninteroceptionbody movementsense of body ownershipsense of agency
spellingShingle Yoshitaka Kaneno
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Influence of interoception and body movement on the rubber hand illusion
Frontiers in Psychology
rubber hand illusion
interoception
body movement
sense of body ownership
sense of agency
title Influence of interoception and body movement on the rubber hand illusion
title_full Influence of interoception and body movement on the rubber hand illusion
title_fullStr Influence of interoception and body movement on the rubber hand illusion
title_full_unstemmed Influence of interoception and body movement on the rubber hand illusion
title_short Influence of interoception and body movement on the rubber hand illusion
title_sort influence of interoception and body movement on the rubber hand illusion
topic rubber hand illusion
interoception
body movement
sense of body ownership
sense of agency
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1458726/full
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