Manipulation of human bodily self-consciousness using haptic interface and its application

这项研究的主要贡献是通过应用机器人/触觉技术，为操纵身体自我意识提供了新的方法，这是认知神经科学中最近最热门的话题之一。特别地，一种新的刺激方法被称为主动自我触摸，允许实验参与者使用机器人主从系统同步或异步触摸虚拟身体和他们自己的身体，并在全身错觉（FBI）范式和橡胶手错觉（RHI）范式中提出和实现。具有力显示功能的新刺激方法使我们能够检验和讨论动作（代理感）或力感觉如何影响身体所有权感。同时也为认知神经科学的研究提供了新的思路和可能。

The major contribution of this study is to allow new approaches for the manipulation of bodily self-consciousness, which is one of the recent hottest topics in cognitive neuroscience, by applying robotics/haptics technology. In particular, a new stimulation method termed as active self-touch that allowed experimental participants to synchronously or asynchronously touch a virtual body and their own body by using a robotic master-slave system was proposed and implemented in Full Body Illusion (FBI) paradigm as well as Rubber Hand Illusion (RHI) paradigm. The new stimulation method with force display function enabled us to examine and discuss how action (the sense of agency) or force sensation affected the sense of body ownership. Also, we could obtain new findings about the human bodily self-consciousness and future possibility for cognitive neuroscience studies.