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  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human-computer interaction

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  • Bodily resizing illusions often rely on visual and tactile cues.
  • Auditory input, both naturalistic and non-naturalistic, has previously influenced body illusions and size estimations.
  • Augmented reality (AR) offers a platform for immersive sensory experiences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of non-naturalistic auditory input on a hand-based resizing illusion within an AR environment.
  • To determine if auditory input enhances subjective illusion strength and performance on objective tasks.
  • To explore the interaction between auditory and tactile feedback in bodily illusions.

Main Methods:

  • Forty-four participants experienced a finger stretching illusion in AR across three conditions: no feedback, tactile feedback only, and combined tactile and auditory feedback.
  • Participants completed dot-touch and ruler judgment tasks to assess performance.
  • Subjective illusion strength was measured via questionnaire post-experiment.

Main Results:

  • Auditory input significantly increased subjective illusion strength when tactile feedback was absent.
  • The addition of auditory input did not enhance subjective illusion strength when tactile feedback was present.
  • No performance improvements were observed across any tasks with the addition of auditory input.

Conclusions:

  • Non-naturalistic auditory input can augment the subjective experience of bodily illusions, particularly when congruent tactile feedback is missing.
  • Auditory stimuli do not appear to enhance objective performance measures in this AR-based resizing illusion.
  • Future research could explore different types of auditory stimuli or illusion paradigms.