Trait phenomenological control predicts experience of mirror synaesthesia and the rubber hand illusion

P. Lush; V. Botan; R. B. Scott; A. K. Seth; J. Ward; Z. Dienes

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18591-6

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Trait phenomenological control predicts experience of mirror synaesthesia and the rubber hand illusion

P. Lush,
V. Botan,
R. B. Scott,
A. K. Seth,
J. Ward,
Z. Dienes

Affiliations

P. Lush: Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex
V. Botan: Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex
R. B. Scott: Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex
A. K. Seth: Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex
J. Ward: Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex
Z. Dienes: Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18591-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The authors present large sample studies showing substantial relationships between measures of embodiment (the rubber hand illusion and mirror synaesthesia) and trait imaginative suggestibility in the hypnotic context. These measures of striking experiential change may therefore be confounded by suggestion effects.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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