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Observing the Transformation of Bodily Self-consciousness in the Squeeze-machine Experiment
Published on: March 8, 2019
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[To experience one's physicality through the "bizarre" experience of touching oneself]
1CHU Amiens Picardie, 1 rond-point du Professeur-Christian-Cabrol, 80054 Amiens, France; Université de Paris, Institut des sciences du sport-santé de Paris, 1 rue Lacretelle, 75015 Paris, France.
Soins. Psychiatrie
|June 23, 2022
Summary
Self-touch is crucial for body ownership and self-consciousness. For adolescent girls with obesity, haptic experiences during postural sessions may evoke unfamiliarity, opening new avenues for exploring body awareness.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Embodied Cognition
Background:
- Self-touch is fundamental for developing self-consciousness and body ownership.
- The sensory experience of touch can sometimes be disorienting for individuals.
- Previous research highlights the link between physical sensation and self-perception.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the impact of haptic experiences on body self-consciousness in adolescent girls with obesity.
- To explore the subjective feelings evoked by self-touch within a therapeutic context.
- To understand how sensory feedback influences the perception of one's own body.
Main Methods:
- A study involving adolescent girls diagnosed with obesity.
- Utilized a postural session incorporating haptic (touch-based) sensory experiences.
- Qualitative or quantitative assessment of participants' subjective experiences and feelings of self-consciousness.
Main Results:
- Haptic experiences during postural sessions generated a notable feeling of strangeness in participants.
- This unfamiliarity with one's own body was a significant outcome of the sensory intervention.
- The study identified a unique discovery of self through this embodied experience.
Conclusions:
- The haptic discovery of oneself can be a complex and sometimes unsettling experience.
- This process opens new pathways for exploring body self-consciousness in clinical care.
- Interventions focusing on sensory experiences may enhance therapeutic engagement with body image and awareness.
Keywords:
bodily self-awarenessconscience de soi corporellecorporealitycorporéitéfeeling of strangenessinteroceptive proximal zoneself-touchsentiment d’étrangetétoucher de soizone proximale intéroceptiveMore Related Videos
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