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The human sense of touch can be deceived

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SUPPORTED
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Is it true that the human sense of touch can be deceived?

Yes. Experimental paradigms such as the rubber hand illusion robustly demonstrate that the human sense of touch and body ownership can be deceived through conflicting multisensory inputs.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 3 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

The analysis

The retrieved papers examine phenomena like the rubber hand illusion where synchronized visual and tactile stimulation successfully deceives participants into feeling touch on artificial limbs or mislocalizing their own limbs. Multiple papers support the flexibility and manipulability of tactile perception through multisensory integration.

Evidence for · 3
Rubber hand illusion modulates the influences of somatosensory and parietal inputs to the motor cortex.
2019
Demonstrates that visuo-tactile conflict created via the rubber hand illusion alters somatosensory processing and body ownership, proving touch perception can be manipulated.
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Isayama, R., Vesia, M., Jegatheeswaran, G., Elahi, B., Gunraj, C., Cardinali, L., Farnè, A., & Chen, R. (2019). Rubber hand illusion modulates the influences of somatosensory and parietal inputs to the motor cortex.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00345.2018

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Multisensory Integration Dominates Hypnotisability and Expectations in the Rubber Hand Illusion
2022
Confirms that synchronous multisensory stimulation reliably induces the rubber hand illusion, showing tactile perception is malleable through visual input.
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Slater, M. & Ehrsson, H. (2022). Multisensory Integration Dominates Hypnotisability and Expectations in the Rubber Hand Illusion. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.834492

Extending Bayesian Models of the Rubber Hand Illusion
2020
Shows that human body sense and tactile-visual integration are flexible enough to incorporate fake objects into the felt sense of self.
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Litwin, P. (2020). Extending Bayesian Models of the Rubber Hand Illusion. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-20191440

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The retrieved papers examine phenomena like the rubber hand illusion where synchronized visual and tactile stimulation successfully deceives participants into feeling touch on artificial limbs or mislocalizing their own limbs. Multiple papers support the flexibility and manipulability of tactile perception through multisensory integration.

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