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Touching my face with my supernumerary hand: A cheeky illusion

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dc.contributor.authorAimola Davies, Anne
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Rebekah
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:43:27Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:23:42Z
dc.description.abstractA self-touch paradigm elicits a surprising illusion. With the participant's eyes closed, the examiner guides the participant's right index finger to administer strokes and taps to the right side of the participant's face. At the same time, the examiner strokes and taps the corre- sponding location on the left side of the participant's face. Although the participant administered touch to only the right side of the face, this paradigm elicited the illusion of self-touch to both sides of the face, and the illusion often implicated a third, disconnected or disembodied, hand. We propose an explanation, and draw parallels with the phenomenon of supernumerary phantom limb.
dc.identifier.issn0301-0066
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/58174
dc.publisherPion Ltd
dc.sourcePerception
dc.subjectKeywords: article; face; hemispheric dominance; human; illusion; orientation; pilot study; psychomotor performance; sensory deprivation; sensory feedback; stimulation; touch; Face; Feedback, Sensory; Functional Laterality; Humans; Illusions; Orientation; Physical S
dc.titleTouching my face with my supernumerary hand: A cheeky illusion
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue10
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1247
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1245
local.contributor.affiliationAimola Davies, Anne, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationWhite, Rebekah, University of Oxford
local.contributor.authoruidAimola Davies, Anne, u4033243
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor170112 - Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance
local.identifier.absseo970117 - Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB431
local.identifier.citationvolume40
local.identifier.doi10.1068/p6956
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-82455206168
local.identifier.thomsonID000298934700010
local.type.statusPublished Version

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