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Audio-visual sensory deprivation degrades visuo-tactile peri-personal space

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Noel, Jean-Paul, Park, Hyeong-Dong, Pasqualini, Isabella, Lissek, Herve, Wallace, Mark, Blanke, Olaf, Serino, Andrea·2018·Consciousness and Cognition
DOI 10.1016/j.concog.2018.04.001
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Self-perception is scaffolded upon the integration of multisensory cues on the body, the space surrounding the body (i.e., the peri-personal space; PPS), and from within the body. We asked whether reducing information available from external space would change: PPS, interoceptive accuracy, and self-experience. Twenty participants were exposed to 15 min of audio-visual deprivation and performed: (i) a visuo-tactile interaction task measuring their PPS; (ii) a heartbeat perception task measuring interoceptive accuracy; and (iii) a series of questionnaires related to self-perception and mental illness. These tasks were carried out in two conditions: while exposed to a standard sensory environment and under a condition of audio-visual deprivation. Results suggest that while PPS becomes ill defined after audio-visual deprivation, interoceptive accuracy is unaltered at a group-level, with some participants improving and some worsening in interoceptive accuracy. Interestingly, correlational individual differences analyses revealed that changes in PPS after audio-visual deprivation were related to interoceptive accuracy and self-reports of "unusual experiences" on an individual subject basis. Taken together, the findings argue for a relationship between the malleability of PPS, interoceptive accuracy, and an inclination toward aberrant ideation often associated with mental illness.

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  • The integration of multisensory information coming from the outside with bodily signals, including vestibular signals, might contribute not only to self-consciousness but also to distinguish self from others.

    “In terms of PPS representation, the integration of multisensory information coming from the outside with bodily signals, including vestibular signals might not only contribute to selfconsciousness (Noel, Park, et al., 2018), but also to distinguish self from others, as indicated by studies with bodily illusions and studies with pathological embodiment in neurological patients (Fossataro, Gindri, M”

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Authors
Noel, J.-P., Park, H.-D., Pasqualini, I., Lissek, H., Wallace, M., Blanke, O., & Serino, A.
Affiliations
  • Vanderbilt University (US)
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
  • University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
Corresponding author
Serino, Andrea
ORCID
Venue
Consciousness and Cognition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-05
Volume
61
Pages
61-75
ISSN
1053-8100 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.concog.2018.04.001
OpenAlex
W2796653541
Cited by
42
References
117
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7
FWCI
8.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Consciousness and Cognition (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Swiss National Science Foundation
  • W-Science foundation
  • Fulbright Scholarship
  • United States Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Keywords
peripersonal space, sensory deprivation, interoceptive accuracy, self-perception, multisensory integration, heartbeat perception, unusual experiences, individual differences, mental illness, self-representation
MeSH terms
Adult, Auditory Perception, Female, Humans, Male, Personal Space, Sensory Deprivation, Visual Perception, Touch Perception, Young Adult, Interoception

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