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Embodied time and the out-of-body experience of the self
Using an out-of-body paradigm, the present study provided further empirical evidence for the theory of embodied time by suggesting that the body-self plays a key role in time judgments. Looking through virtual reality glasses, the participants saw the arm of a mannequin instead of their own arm. The...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7075359/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32206446 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8565 |
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author | Droit-Volet, Sylvie Monceau, Sophie Dambrun, Michaël Martinelli, Natalia |
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description | Using an out-of-body paradigm, the present study provided further empirical evidence for the theory of embodied time by suggesting that the body-self plays a key role in time judgments. Looking through virtual reality glasses, the participants saw the arm of a mannequin instead of their own arm. They had to judge the duration of the interval between two (perceived) touches applied to the mannequin’s body after a series of strokes had been viewed being made to the mannequin and tactile strokes had been administered to the participants themselves. These strokes were administered either synchronously or asynchronously. During the interval, a pleasant (touch with a soft paintbrush) or an unpleasant stimulation (touch with a pointed knife) was applied to the mannequin. The results showed that the participants felt the perceived tactile stimulations in their own bodies more strongly after the synchronous than the asynchronous stroking condition, a finding which is consistent with the out-of-body illusion. In addition, the interval duration was judged longer in the synchronous than in the asynchronous condition. This time distortion increased the greater the individual out-of-body experience was. Our results therefore highlight the importance of the awareness of the body-self in the processing of time, i.e., the significance of embodied time. |
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spelling | pubmed-70753592020-03-23 Embodied time and the out-of-body experience of the self Droit-Volet, Sylvie Monceau, Sophie Dambrun, Michaël Martinelli, Natalia PeerJ Psychiatry and Psychology Using an out-of-body paradigm, the present study provided further empirical evidence for the theory of embodied time by suggesting that the body-self plays a key role in time judgments. Looking through virtual reality glasses, the participants saw the arm of a mannequin instead of their own arm. They had to judge the duration of the interval between two (perceived) touches applied to the mannequin’s body after a series of strokes had been viewed being made to the mannequin and tactile strokes had been administered to the participants themselves. These strokes were administered either synchronously or asynchronously. During the interval, a pleasant (touch with a soft paintbrush) or an unpleasant stimulation (touch with a pointed knife) was applied to the mannequin. The results showed that the participants felt the perceived tactile stimulations in their own bodies more strongly after the synchronous than the asynchronous stroking condition, a finding which is consistent with the out-of-body illusion. In addition, the interval duration was judged longer in the synchronous than in the asynchronous condition. This time distortion increased the greater the individual out-of-body experience was. Our results therefore highlight the importance of the awareness of the body-self in the processing of time, i.e., the significance of embodied time. PeerJ Inc. 2020-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7075359/ /pubmed/32206446 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8565 Text en ©2020 Droit-Volet et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry and Psychology Droit-Volet, Sylvie Monceau, Sophie Dambrun, Michaël Martinelli, Natalia Embodied time and the out-of-body experience of the self |
title | Embodied time and the out-of-body experience of the self |
title_full | Embodied time and the out-of-body experience of the self |
title_fullStr | Embodied time and the out-of-body experience of the self |
title_full_unstemmed | Embodied time and the out-of-body experience of the self |
title_short | Embodied time and the out-of-body experience of the self |
title_sort | embodied time and the out-of-body experience of the self |
topic | Psychiatry and Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7075359/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32206446 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8565 |
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