title: A task control theory of mirror-touch synesthesia.
abstract: Ward and Banissy's illuminating discussion of mirror-touch synesthesia (MTS) encourages research testing two alternatives to Threshold Theory: Their own Self-Other Theory, and "Task Control Theory". MTS may be due to abnormal mirror activity plus a domain-general, rather than a specifically social, impairment in the ability to privilege processing of task-relevant over task-irrelevant information.
authors.affiliation: a All Souls College & Department of Experimental Psychology , University of Oxford , United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heyes
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catmur
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions / Q000502:physiology*; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055698:Touch Perception / Q000502:physiology*