title: Touching my left elbow: the anatomical structure of the body affects the illusion of self-touch.
abstract: A self-touch paradigm is used to create the illusion that one is touching one's own left elbow when one is actually touching the examiner's arm. Our new self-touch illusion is sensitive to the anatomical structure of the body: you can touch your left elbow with your right index finger but not with your left index finger. Illusion onset was faster and illusion ratings were higher when participants administered touch using the plausible right index finger compared with the implausible left index finger.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD, UK. Rebekah.White@psy.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Rebekah C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Aimola Davies
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D004550:Elbow; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D046709:Pattern Recognition, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology*; D014110:Touch; D055698:Touch Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult