The spatial specificity of sensory attenuation for self-touch

被引:12
作者
Knoetsch, Franziska [1 ]
Zimmermann, Eckart [1 ]
机构
[1] Heinrich Heine Univ Dusseldorf, Inst Expt Psychol, Univ Str 1, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
Sensory attenuation; Efference copy; Self-touch; Spatial sensitivity; CONSEQUENCES; PREDICTION; PERCEPTION; MECHANISMS;
D O I
10.1016/j.concog.2021.103135
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Self-touch is sensed less intense as touch produced by another person. According to the standard explanation, if predicted and actual sensations match, the intensity of the touch will be reduced. Here, we asked whether sensory attenuation is spatially specific. To this end, participants laid their left hand under a metal arc on which a force sensor was mounted. Pressing the sensor caused one of two motors to rotate a lever that either touched the index or the ring finger. We took care that no cues would reveal in advance which of the motors would move in order to leave participants uninformed about the finger that will be stimulated. Any reduction in felt intensity of the touch could therefore be induced only by the efference copy of the touching movement. We found strong spatial specificity of sensory attenuation of self-touch, selecting between two fingers of the same hand.
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