Seeing and identifying with a virtual body decreases pain perception
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Pain and the conscious mind (or the self) are experienced in our body. Both are intimately linked to the subjective quality of conscious experience. Here, we used virtual reality technology and visuo‐tactile conflicts in healthy subjects to test whether experimentally induced changes of bodily self‐consciousness (self‐location; self‐identification) lead to changes in pain perception. We found that visuo‐tactile stroking of a virtual body but not of a control object led to increased pressure pain thresholds and self‐location. This increase was not modulated by the synchrony of stroking as predicted based on earlier work. This differed for self‐identification where we found as predicted that synchrony of stroking increased self‐identification with the virtual body (but not a control object), and positively correlated with an increase in pain thresholds. We discuss the functional mechanisms of self‐identification, self‐location, and the visual perception of human bodies with respect to pain perception.
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Bodily self-consciousness impacts several perceptual and cognitive functions such as tactile perception, pain perception, visual perception, and egocentric cognitive processes.
“Recent findings have shown that BSC impacts several perceptual and cognitive functions such as tactile perception [48,49], pain perception [50,51], visual perception [52–54], as well as egocentric cognitive processes [55].”
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- Authors
- Hänsell, A., Lenggenhagerl, B., von Känell, R., Curatolol, M., & Blankel, O.
- Affiliations
- University of Bern (CH)
- University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Hänsell, Alexander
- Venue
- European Journal of Pain
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-09
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 874-879
- ISSN
- 1090-3801 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-2149
- OpenAlex
- W2132766553
- Semantic Scholar
- 46d260b69d8f8be4d0c6b3d6a6297f8f80ed9eb5
- Cited by
- 115
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 18.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- European Journal of Pain (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
- Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- BORIS (University Library Bern) (submittedVersion)
- Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Keywords
- pain perception, bodily self-consciousness, self-localization, self-identification, virtual body, pressure pain threshold, body image, virtual reality
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Body Image, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pain, Pain Measurement, Photic Stimulation, Self Concept, User-Computer Interface, Visual Perception, Pain Threshold, Touch Perception, Pain Management
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