Bodily pleasure matters: Velocity of touch modulates body ownership during the rubber hand illusion

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Crucianelli, Laura ^a   Metcalf, Nicola K ^a   Fotopoulou, Aikaterini ^a,b   Jenkinson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body ownership; Embodiment; Interoception; Pleasant touch; Rubber hand illusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885409645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00703     Document Type: Article

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