Preliminary Evaluation of the Moving Rubber Foot Illusion in a Sample of Female University Students
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Published on: July 26, 2013
Max Teaford1, Jason Gilliland2, Olivia Hodkey2
1Department of Otolaryngology, 2647The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Psychology, 6403Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA.
Abstract:
The Rubber Foot Illusion (RFI) is an illusion in which one is made to feel that a model foot is their own through synchronous visuo-tactile stimulation. Previous research suggests that the conditions the RFI can be elicited under are similar to those of the Rubber Hand Illusion (RHI). However, it was unknown if the RFI could be elicited by synchronous movement of a participant's foot and a model foot. To examine this, we developed the Moving Rubber Foot Illusion (mRFI) and compared participants' experience of it to the RFI. The results of this study suggests that the RFI can be elicited through synchronous movement, and results in more proprioceptive drift than a static variant of the RFI. More work is needed to better understand the mechanisms underlying the mRFI.
