Visual distortion of a limb modulates the pain and swelling evoked by movement.

Journal article

The feeling that our body is ours, and is constantly there, is a fundamental aspect of self-awareness [1]. Although it is often taken for granted, our physical self-awareness, or body image, is disrupted in many clinical conditions [2] (see also [3] for a list of such conditions). One common disturbance of body image, in which one limb feels bigger than it really is, can also be induced in healthy volunteers by using local anaesthesia or cutaneous stimulation [4]. Here we report that, in pati...

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Authors: Moseley, G; Parsons, T; Spence, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Current biology : CB
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 22
• Pages: R1047-R1048
• Publication date: 2008-11-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.031
• EISSN: 1879-0445
• ISSN: 0960-9822
• Language: English
• Keywords: Movement; Visual Perception; Perceptual Distortion; Humans; Pain; Pain Measurement; Body Image