Synchronous multisensory stimulation blurs self-other boundaries

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1202-1207

  Paladino, Maria Paola ^a   Mazzurega, Mara ^a   Pavani, Francesco ^a   Schubert, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

multisensory integration processes; rubber hand illusion; self other merging; social relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIDEORECORDING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956614816     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610379234     Document Type: Article

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