Rubber Hand Illusion: The Phenomenon and Potential Application

• Honma Motoyasu

  National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• ラバーハンドイリュージョン：その現象と広がり
• ラバーハンドイリュージョン ソノ ゲンショウ ト ヒロガリ

Abstract

In the rubber hand illusion (RHI), individuals misattribute the tactile sensations felt by their own hand, which is kept hidden from view, to a rubber prosthetic hand that they see being tactilely stimulated in synchrony. The phenomenon covers the multisensory integration between vision and touch, with body image as reference. The investigation of RHI has increased in recent years, and the interest has not been restricted to cognitive science. A large number of case studies associated with the RHI have been reported in psychiatric research. With advances in virtual reality, practical applications of RHI have witnessed rapid growth in the technological field. Furthermore, the RHI is closely related to body theory, including the self-other boundary. Indeed, the phenomenon is broadly relevant across a number of domains. This paper reviews the RHI phenomenon and focuses on its interdisciplinary perspective.

Journal

• Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society

  Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society 17 (4), 761-770, 2010

  Japanese Cognitive Science Society

Keywords

• rubber hand illusion
• tactile sensation
• body image
• multisensory integration
• case
• virtual reality
• body theory

Details

• CRID: 1390282679459178368
• NII Article ID: 10027725887
• NII Book ID: AN1047304X
• DOI: 10.11225/jcss.17.761
• ISSN: 18815995
• ISSN: 13417924
• NDL BIB ID: 10932610
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/10932610
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10932610
• Text Lang: ja
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