The influence of age on the rubber hand illusion

Ferracci, Sara; Brancucci, Alfredo

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2019.05.004

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“…It is also our experience that embodiment levels, as measured by questionnaire, seem to be lower in more elderly patients. This is coherent with results in the literature with the rubber hand embodiment illusion (Ferracci and Brancucci, 2019). A possible explanation is that elderly people may rely less on bottom-up sensory input, and more on top-down (i.e., bodily representational) influences-essentially, their body image may be more rigid.…”

Section: Groups With Reduced Susceptibility To Embodiment Illusionssupporting

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Immersive Virtual Reality for Clinical Pain: Considerations for Effective Therapy

Donegan

Ryan

Świdrak

et al. 2020

Front. Virtual Real.

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Immersive virtual reality is transforming medical and psychological research and treatment, including the treatment of clinical pain. In this short perspective paper, we present some of the methodological difficulties that are rarely discussed in the literature of pain research when using virtual reality. These often-unmentioned problems can confound research investigations or interfere with the therapeutic efficacy in clinical trials. We propose practical solutions based on our research experience. We first outline the mechanisms of, and challenges to, the sensations of embodiment and presence, which are critical to creating effective virtual reality illusions, before discussing the particular considerations that need to be contemplated when working with patients with clinical pain. Finally, we discuss some upcoming technological advances that may influence significantly this rapidly expanding field in the near future.

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Section: Groups With Reduced Susceptibility To Embodiment Illusionssupporting

confidence: 90%

Immersive Virtual Reality for Clinical Pain: Considerations for Effective Therapy

Donegan

Ryan

Świdrak

et al. 2020

Front. Virtual Real.

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“…We found large variation in prosthesis ownership, which was negatively associated with age and positively associated with lower (compared to upper) limb amputation, residual limb length, time since amputation, and frequency of prosthesis use. The negative association between age and prosthesis ownership matches results indicating that older non-amputated people show reduced proneness to the experimental manipulation of body ownership [18,29], which has been associated with age-related alterations in the capability for multimodal integration, although this finding is not unambiguous [39,51].…”

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Relationship of prosthesis ownership and phantom limb pain: results of a survey in 2383 limb amputees

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Reinhard

Diers

et al. 2020

Pain

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“…Additionally, our sample consisted of very young participants. Studies with different age cohorts showed that the RHI is rather high among this group and declines with age (Ferracci & Brancucci, 2019). Accordingly, our results may not be generalizable to older participants.…”

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confidence: 62%

The Impact of a Short Body–Focused Meditation on Body Ownership and Interoceptive Abilities

2022

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Objectives The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of a brief body-focused meditation on body ownership, while considering interoceptive abilities, dissociative experiences, mood, trait mindfulness, and meditation experience. Method The sample consisted of 111 healthy students who participated in a randomized controlled trial and either listened to a 20-min meditation or audio-book reading. Before and after the intervention, the rubber hand illusion and a heartbeat detection task were completed. The rubber hand illusion consisted of a synchronous and an asynchronous condition and the illusion intensity was measured using a questionnaire and by assessing the proprioceptive drift. In the heartbeat detection task, participants were instructed to count their heartbeats, so interoceptive accuracy of their counting, confidence in their own abilities (interoceptive sensibility), and the correspondence between both measures (interoceptive awareness) could be determined. Results The intervention type had no effect on mood and interoceptive abilities. Independent of intervention type, valence increased, arousal decreased, and interoceptive accuracy and interoceptive sensibility improved over time. Additionally, trait mindfulness and interoceptive accuracy were negatively related to the subjective rubber hand illusion intensity. There was not a mere effect of the intervention on the rubber hand illusion, but an interaction of synchrony, time, group, and interoceptive awareness was found for both measures, showing that only participants with high interoceptive awareness experienced a weaker illusion following the meditation. Conclusions We concluded that meta-awareness of interoceptive abilities may help protecting oneself against manipulations of the body boundaries. Preregistration Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/6dvh5).

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The influence of age on the rubber hand illusion

Cited by 7 publications

References 37 publications

Immersive Virtual Reality for Clinical Pain: Considerations for Effective Therapy

Immersive Virtual Reality for Clinical Pain: Considerations for Effective Therapy

Relationship of prosthesis ownership and phantom limb pain: results of a survey in 2383 limb amputees

The Impact of a Short Body–Focused Meditation on Body Ownership and Interoceptive Abilities

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