Non-invasive brain stimulation of motor cortex induces embodiment when integrated with virtual reality feedback.

ABSTRACT: Previous evidence highlighted the multisensory-motor origin of embodiment - that is, the experience of having a body and of being in control of it - and the possibility of experimentally manipulating it. For instance, an illusory feeling of embodiment towards a fake hand can be triggered by providing synchronous visuo-tactile stimulation to the hand of participants and to a fake hand or by asking participants to move their hand and observe a fake hand moving accordingly (rubber hand illusion). Here, we tested whether it is possible to manipulate embodiment not through stimulation of the participant's hand, but by directly tapping into the brain's hand representation via non-invasive brain stimulation. To this aim, we combined transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), to activate the hand co

SUBMITTER: Bassolino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5900900 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature