Exploring the subjective experience of the "rubber hand" illusion

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Moguillansky, Camila Valenzuela ^a,b   O'Regan, J Kevin ^a   Petitmengin, Claire ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Instituto de Sistemas Complejos de Valparaíso   (Chile)

^c ENS Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 PSL USPC)   (France)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Elicitation interview; First person methods; Micro genesis; Rubber hand illusion; Sense of body ownership; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECOGNITION; RUBBER HAND ILLUSION; SELF CONCEPT; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84885028024     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00659     Document Type: Article

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