Rubber hand illusion induced by touching the face ipsilaterally to a deprived hand: Evidence for plastic "somatotopic" remapping in tetraplegics

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Scandola, Michele ^a,b,c   Tidoni, Emmanuele ^a,b   Avesani, Renato ^d   Brunelli, Giovanni ^d   Aglioti, Salvatore M ^a,b   Moro, Valentina ^c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body representation; Face hand remapping; Rubber hand illusion; Somatosensory plasticity; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTIVE FEEDBACK; QUADRIPLEGIA; RUBBER HAND ILLUSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902356721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00404     Document Type: Article

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