A threat to a virtual hand elicits motor cortex activation

We report an experiment where participants observed an attack on their virtual body as experienced in an immersive virtual reality (IVR) system. Participants sat by a table with their right hand resting upon it. In IVR, they saw a virtual table that was registered with the real one, and they had a v...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Experimental brain research Vol. 232; no. 3; pp. 875 - 887
Main Authors:	González-Franco, Mar, Peck, Tabitha C., Rodríguez-Fornells, Antoni, Slater, Mel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2014 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adult Analysis Biological and medical sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Brain Brain mapping Brain research Cognitive ability Cortex Electroencephalography Electromyography Event-related potentials Evoked Potentials, Motor - physiology Experiments Fear - psychology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Hand - physiology Hands Human body Humans Male Motor cortex Motor Cortex - physiology Movement - physiology Neurology Neurosciences Ownership Pain Photic Stimulation Realism Research Article Resting Rhythm Spectrum Analysis Statistics, Nonparametric Subjectivity Surveys and Questionnaires Threat (Psychology) User-Computer Interface Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs Virtual reality Young Adult Spain ERPs Rubber hand illusion Pain Body ownership Motor cortex Virtual reality Motor pathway Central nervous system Hand Encephalon
ISSN:	0014-4819, 1432-1106, 1432-1106
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!