2011-03-22
In patient studies, impairments of sense of body ownership have repeatedly been linked to right-hemispheric brain damage.In the current study a team of IKN scientists from the Neuro- and Biopsychology labs investigated lateralisation for sense of body ownership in healthy adults.To this end the rubber hand illusion was elicited on both hands of left- and right-handed participants.The vividness of the illusion was measured by subjective self-reports as well as by skin conductance responses to watching the rubber hand being harmed.Handedness did not affect the vividness of the illusion, but a stronger skin conductance response was observed, when the illusion was elicited on the left hand.These findings suggest a right-hemispheric dominance for sense of body ownership in healthy adults.
In patient studies, impairments of sense of body ownership have repeatedly been linked to right-hemispheric brain damage.In the current study a team of IKN scientists from the Neuro- and Biopsychology labs investigated lateralisation for sense of body ownership in healthy adults.To this end the rubber hand illusion was elicited on both hands of left- and right-handed participants.The vividness of the illusion was measured by subjective self-reports as well as by skin conductance responses to watching the rubber hand being harmed.Handedness did not affect the vividness of the illusion, but a stronger skin conductance response was observed, when the illusion was elicited on the left hand.These findings suggest a right-hemispheric dominance for sense of body ownership in healthy adults.
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