title: Two-Dimensional Rubber-Hand Illusion: The Dorian Gray Hand Illusion.
abstract: The rubber-hand illusion provides a window into body representation and consciousness. It has been found that body-ownership extended to numerous hand-like objects. Interestingly, the vast majority of these objects were three-dimensional. We adopted this paradigm by using hand drawings to investigate whether rubber-hand illusion could be extended to two-dimensional hand samples, and we measured skin conductance responses and behavioural variables. The fact that this illusion extended to two-dimensional stimuli reveals the dominant role of top-down information on visual perception for body representation and consciousness.
authors.forename: Achille
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pasqualotto
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Proulx
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology*; D012408:Rubber; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012408:Rubber