Can you tickle yourself if you swap bodies with someone else?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Van Doorn, George ^a   Hohwy, Jakob ^b   Symmons, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active inference; Body transfer illusion; Self and externally generated movement; Tickle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY TRANSFER ILLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; PREDICTION; SENSATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ACTIVE INFERENCE; BODY TRANSFER ILLUSION; SELF- AND EXTERNALLY GENERATED MOVEMENT; TICKLE;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOUCH;

EID: 84888091701     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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