Turning Body and Self Inside Out: Visualized Heartbeats Alter Bodily Self-Consciousness and Tactile Perception

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2445-2453

  Aspell, Jane Elizabeth ^a   Heydrich, Lukas ^a,b   Marillier, Guillaume ^a   Lavanchy, Tom ^a   Herbelin, Bruno ^a   Blanke, Olaf ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cognitive neuroscience; consciousness; human body; virtual reality; vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; VISION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84886641943     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613498395     Document Type: Article

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