Longo, Matthew R and Sadibolova, Renata. 2014. Seeing the body produces limb-specific modulation of skin temperature. Biology Letters, 10(4), 20140157. ISSN 1744-9561 [Article]

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Vision of the body, even when non-informative about stimulation, affects somatosensory processing. We investigated whether seeing the body also modulates autonomic control in the periphery by measuring skin temperature while manipulating vision. Using a mirror box, the skin temperature was measured from left hand dorsum while participants: (i) had the illusion of seeing their left hand, (ii) had the illusion of seeing an object at the same location or (iii) looked directly at their contralateral right hand. Skin temperature of the left hand increased when participants had the illusion of directly seeing that hand but not in the other two view conditions. In experiment 2, participants viewed directly their left or right hand, or the box while we recorded both hand dorsum temperatures. Temperature increased in the viewed hand but not the contralateral hand. These results show that seeing the body produces limb-specific modulation of thermal regulation.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0157
Keywords:	cognition, neuroscience
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology > Timing, Awareness, and Suggestion Lab
Dates:	Date Event 23 April 2014 Published 27 March 2014 Accepted
Item ID:	25045
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2018 14:22
Last Modified:	03 Aug 2021 15:05
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/25045

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