Alexithymia modulates the experience of the rubber hand illusion

Grynberg, Delphine; Pollatos, Olga

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Article dans une revue scientifique

DOI :

10.3389/fnhum.2015.00357

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/91218

Title :

Alexithymia modulates the experience of the rubber hand illusion

Author(s) :

Grynberg, Delphine [Auteur]

Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain [UCL]
Pollatos, Olga [Auteur]

Journal title :

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Abbreviated title :

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

Volume number :

Publisher :

Frontiers Media SA

Publication date :

2015-06-18

ISSN :

1662-5161

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences cognitives

English abstract : [en]

Alexithymia is associated with lower awareness of emotional and non-emotional internal bodily signals. However, evidence suggesting that alexithymia modulates body awareness at an external level is scarce. This study aimed ...
Show more >Alexithymia is associated with lower awareness of emotional and non-emotional internal bodily signals. However, evidence suggesting that alexithymia modulates body awareness at an external level is scarce. This study aimed to investigate whether alexithymia is associated with disrupted multisensory integration by using the rubber hand illusion task. Fifty healthy individuals completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and underwent the rubber hand illusion measure. In this measure, one watches a rubber hand being stroked synchronously or asynchronously with one’s own hand, which is hidden from view. Compared to the asynchronous stimulation, the synchronous stimulation results in the illusion that the rubber hand and the participant’s hand are closer together than they really are and that the rubber hand belongs to them. Results revealed that higher levels of alexithymia are associated with a lower ownership illusion over the rubber hand. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate that high alexithymia scorers integrate two simultaneous sensory and proprioceptive events into a single experience (lower multisensory integration) to a lesser extent than low alexithymia scorers. Higher susceptibility to the illusion in high alexithymia scorers may indicate that alexithymia is associated with an abnormal focus of one’s own body.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Non spécifiée

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

Collections :

Autres travaux scientifiques

Submission date :

2023-11-22T20:35:56Z
2024-03-05T12:08:23Z

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