Malleability of the self: electrophysiological correlates of the enfacement illusion.

ABSTRACT: Self-face representation is fundamentally important for self-identity and self-consciousness. Given its role in preserving identity over time, self-face processing is considered as a robust and stable process. Yet, recent studies indicate that simple psychophysics manipulations may change how we process our own face. Specifically, experiencing tactile facial stimulation while seeing similar synchronous stimuli delivered to the face of another individual seen as in a mirror, induces 'enfacement' illusion, i.e. the subjective experience of ownership of the other's face and a bias in attributing to the self, facial features of the other person. Here we recorded visual Event-Related Potentials elicited by the presentation of self, other and morphed faces during a self-other discrimination task

SUBMITTER: Bufalari I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6368628 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature