Electroencephalographic evidence for the involvement of mirror-neuron and error-monitoring related processes in virtual body ownership
| Autor: | Tom Vaknin, Araz Aazamy, Iddo Gefen, Noam Goldway, Stanislaw Grunstein, Guy Gurevitch, Gal Azouri, Gal Raz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Dissociation (neuropsychology) Cognitive Neuroscience media_common.quotation_subject Body ownership illusion Illusion Error-monitoring system Virtual representation Context (language use) Virtual reality 050105 experimental psychology lcsh:RC321-571 03 medical and health sciences User-Computer Interface Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Congruence (geometry) Synchronicity Body Image Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Pe lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Mirror Neurons Mirror neuron media_common 05 social sciences Ownership Mu suppression Illusions Mirror-neuron system Neurology Virtual image Visual Perception Female Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | NeuroImage, Vol 207, Iss, Pp 116351-(2020) |
| ISSN: | 1095-9572 |
| Popis: | The illusion that an artificial or virtual object becomes part of one’s body has been demonstrated and productively investigated in the past two decades. Empirical and theoretical accounts of this phenomenon suggest that the body ownership illusion relies not on a single process, but rather on the alignment of the biological and the alternative bodies across multiple aspects. However, the portrayal of these aspects and the demarcation of their neurophysiological correlates has yet to be established. Our study examines electroencephalographic (EEG) markers of two extensively studied systems in the context of virtual body ownership illusion: the mirror-neuron system (MNS) and the error-monitoring system (EMS). We designed an experimental manipulation of brief involuntary and unexpected virtual hand bounces, which triggers both systems, and examined how the response of EEG markers of these systems to this manipulation is modulated by three aspects of body ownership: agency, visuotactile synchronicity, and semantic congruence between the participant’s hands and its virtual representation. We found evidence for enhanced MNS-related power suppression at the Mu band in the synchronous and semantic congruence conditions. On the other hand, the EMS-related Pe/P300 wave was reduced by semantic congruence. This Pe/P300 effect was stronger among participants who exhibited higher acceptance of the spatial illusion and an increased tendency for affective empathy. Mu power and Pe/P300 were not correlated, suggesting a dissociation between the distinct aspects of body ownership they probe. The findings suggest that synchronicity and semantic congruence induce sensorimotor sensitivity to the alternative body, whereas the latter parameter also buffers minor erroneous virtual motions. These neurophysiological markers may be added to the arsenal of body ownership probes and incorporated into VR rehabilitation protocols. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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