Vibration of the Feet Soles Inducing a Walk Sensation Expands Peripersonal Space

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  • 歩行を模擬した足底振動刺激による身体近傍空間の拡張
  • ホコウ オ モギ シタ アシゾコ シンドウ シゲキ ニ ヨル シンタイ キンボウ クウカン ノ カクチョウ

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<p>The representation of the peripersonal space is remapped by body action such as integrating tactile stimuli from the body's surface with multisensory stimuli presented within a limited distance from the body. Previous study showed that boundaries of the peipersonal space extend while walking with listening to a looming sound, but it is unclear whether the boundaries change when a sensation of walking is induced with no physical body motion. Here, we examine the change using a technique to induce a sensation of pseudo-walking by presenting vibrotactile stimuli of recorded footsteps sound at the feet soles. Experiments were performed to compare the reaction times to detect a vibrotactile stimulus on the chest with listening to a looming sound toward the body, taken as a proxy of the peripersonal space boundary. Experimental evaluations showed that the peripersonal space seems to expand when a sensation of pseudo-walking was clearly induced.</p>

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