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Is the Prosthetic Homologue Necessary for Embodiment?

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Dornfeld, Chelsea, Swanston, Michelle, Cassella, Joseph, Beasley, Casey, Green, Jacob, Moshayev, Yonatan, Wininger, Michael·2016·Frontiers in Neurorobotics
DOI 10.3389/fnbot.2016.00021PMC PMC5168425
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Embodiment is the process by which patients with limb loss come to accept their peripheral device as a natural extension of self. However, there is little guidance as to how exacting the prosthesis must be in order for embodiment to take place: is it necessary for the prosthetic hand to look just like the absent hand? Here, we describe a protocol for testing whether an individual would select a hand that looks like their own from among a selection of five hands, and whether the hand selection (regardless of homology) is consistent across multiple exposures to the same (but reordered) set of candidate hands. Pilot results using healthy volunteers reveals that hand selection is only modestly consistent, and that selection of the prosthetic homologue is atypical (61 of 192 total exposures). Our protocol can be executed in minutes, and makes use of readily available equipment and softwares. We present both a face-to-face and a virtual protocol, for maximum flexibility of implementation.

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  • Restoration of somatosensation, either from cortical stimulation or peripheral-nerve stimulation, is required for effective bidirectional communication and a sense of feeling or embodiment for the patient.

    “The restoration of somatosensation, either from cortical stimulation or peripheral-nerve stimulation, is required for effective bidirectional communication and a sense of feeling or embodiment (Dornfeld et al., 2016) for the patient.”

    From Selectivity and Longevity of Peripheral-Nerve and Machine Interfaces: A Review. (2017) · cites this paper as Dornfeld et al., 2016

    The Notes section defines embodiment as integrating an artificial limb into one's body schema, while the Introduction and protocol focus on prosthetic appearance and hand preference. Searches for somatosensation, cortical stimulation, and bidirectional communication found no passage saying that cortical or peripheral-nerve stimulation is required for communication or embodiment. The copy provides no page numbers for these sections. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  1. Semmlow J. L. Griffel B. (2014). Biosignal and Medical Image Processing, 3rd Edn. Hoboken, NJ: CRC Press Available online at: http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1578617

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Authors
Dornfeld, C., Swanston, M., Cassella, J., Beasley, C., Green, J., Moshayev, Y., & Wininger, M.
Affiliations
University of Hartford (US)
Corresponding author
Wininger, Michael
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Venue
Frontiers in Neurorobotics
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Published
2016-12-20
Volume
10
Pages
21-21
ISSN
1662-5218 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fnbot.2016.00021
PMC
PMC5168425
OpenAlex
W2567681434
Cited by
6
References
44
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2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2017: 1
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0.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
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  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
Keywords
embodiment, prosthetic hand, limb loss, prosthesis acceptance, hand selection, visual appearance, virtual reality, upper limb amputation

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