Tendon vibration is known to induce vivid movement illusions by activating muscle spindles and generating perceptions of limb displacement. Neuroimaging studies suggest that a sensorimotor network mediate the phenomenon, but its functional and psychophysical correlates are understudied. This study aims at qualifying conscious perception of motor illusions across the electrophysiological and psychophysical levels. Fifteen volunteers took part to the study. Electroencephalogram (EEG) has been recorded while vibratory stimulations were applied to flexor tendons of the right forearm. Participants were asked to report whether they felt their hand moving and to qualify those perceptions (strength and duration). Source localization (sLORETA) has been performed on EEG frequency data. At the electrophysiological level, we observed the activation of a frontal-parietal network (decrease of neural oscillations, i.e. upper-alpha) while participants consciously reported motor illusions, with the insular and premotor cortices as main signal generators. At the psychophysical level, illusions showed a complex but consistent profile. Finally, across-levels analyses suggested that superior parietal activity plays an important role in actually experiencing illusions, it being associated to their frequency. The consonance between psychophysical and electrophysiological data suggests that pre-/post-central structures play different roles in defining conscious feeling of movement, even if illusory.
Crivelli, D., Bove, M., Balconi, M., Conscious perception of vibration-induced movement illusions: psychophysical and source localization evidences, Comunicazione, in Program of «The 14th European Congress of Psychology», (Milano, 07-10 July 2015), Italian Network of Psychologists’ Associations, Milano 2015: 58-58 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/70897]
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Titolo: | Conscious perception of vibration-induced movement illusions: psychophysical and source localization evidences | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2015 | |
Abstract: | Tendon vibration is known to induce vivid movement illusions by activating muscle spindles and generating perceptions of limb displacement. Neuroimaging studies suggest that a sensorimotor network mediate the phenomenon, but its functional and psychophysical correlates are understudied. This study aims at qualifying conscious perception of motor illusions across the electrophysiological and psychophysical levels. Fifteen volunteers took part to the study. Electroencephalogram (EEG) has been recorded while vibratory stimulations were applied to flexor tendons of the right forearm. Participants were asked to report whether they felt their hand moving and to qualify those perceptions (strength and duration). Source localization (sLORETA) has been performed on EEG frequency data. At the electrophysiological level, we observed the activation of a frontal-parietal network (decrease of neural oscillations, i.e. upper-alpha) while participants consciously reported motor illusions, with the insular and premotor cortices as main signal generators. At the psychophysical level, illusions showed a complex but consistent profile. Finally, across-levels analyses suggested that superior parietal activity plays an important role in actually experiencing illusions, it being associated to their frequency. The consonance between psychophysical and electrophysiological data suggests that pre-/post-central structures play different roles in defining conscious feeling of movement, even if illusory. | |
Lingua: | Inglese | |
Titolo del libro: | Program of «The 14th European Congress of Psychology» | |
Editore: | Italian Network of Psychologists’ Associations | |
Nome del convegno: | The 14th European Congress of Psychology | |
Luogo del convegno: | Milano | |
Data inizio evento: | 2015-07-07 | |
Data fine evento: | 2015-07-10 | |
Tipo di contributo: | Comunicazione | |
Citazione: | Crivelli, D., Bove, M., Balconi, M., Conscious perception of vibration-induced movement illusions: psychophysical and source localization evidences, Comunicazione, in Program of «The 14th European Congress of Psychology», (Milano, 07-10 July 2015), Italian Network of Psychologists’ Associations, Milano 2015: 58-58 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/70897] | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | Paper, Selected paper, Contributed paper, Working paper, Poster, Poster paper, Comunicazione, Relazione (in volume) |