Sensory attenuation (SA; i.e. a reduction of subjective intensity of self-generated stimuli compared to identical externally-generated stimuli) is known to rely on motor intention and sensory prediction (i.e. efferent signals). However, we previously showed that SA can also be triggered by multisensory signals sub-serving body ownership: when a fake embodied hand (embodiment induced by the rubber hand illusion, RHI) delivered somatosensory stimuli to participant’s body, the SA was comparable with SA of self-generated stimuli. Here, we aimed at investigating whether this interesting behavior has an objective electrophysiological counterpart. [...]
Pyasik, M., Burin, D., Ronga, I., Salatino, A., Garbarini, F., Ricci, R., & Pia, L. (2018). Attenuation of real and illusory self-touch: an ERPs study. Neuropsychological Trends, 24(Suppl 1), 57. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/113232 (Original work published 2018)