Illusory ownership of an invisible body reduces autonomic and subjective social anxiety responses

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Guterstam, Arvid ^a   Abdulkarim, Zakaryah ^a   Ehrsson, H Henrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOUCH; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928572315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09831     Document Type: Article

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