Hand Temperature Is Not Consistent with Illusory Strength during the Rubber Hand Illusion
Paper in proceeding, 2021

The rubber hand illusion is known to invoke a sense of ownership of a rubber hand when a person watches the stroking of the rubber hand in synchrony with their own hidden hand. Quantification of the sense of ownership is traditionally performed with the rubber hand illusion questionnaire, but the search for reliable physiological measurements persists. Skin temperature has been previously suggested and debated as a biomarker for ownership. We investigated hand temperature as a measure of rubber hand illusory strength via thermal imaging of the hand during the rubber hand experiment. No relationship was found between reported illusory strength and skin temperature.Clinical Relevance - Our results indicate that skin temperature is not a suitable biomarker for rubber hand illusory strength.

Author

Victoria Ashley Lang

University of Gothenburg

Jan Zbinden

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

University of Gothenburg

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Systems and control

Center for Bionics and Pain Research

Johan Wessberg

University of Gothenburg

Max Jair Ortiz Catalan

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

University of Gothenburg

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Systems and control

Center for Bionics and Pain Research

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

1557170X (ISSN)

1416-1418
9781728111797 (ISBN)

43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2021
Virtual, Online, Mexico,

Subject Categories

Other Chemical Engineering

Other Materials Engineering

Metallurgy and Metallic Materials

DOI

10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630200

PubMed

34891550

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