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Statistical inference of body representation in the macaque brain.

ABSTRACT: The sense of one's own body is a pillar of self-consciousness and could be investigated by inducing human illusions of artificial objects as part of the self. Here, we present a nonhuman primate version of a rubber-hand illusion that allowed us to determine its computational and neuronal mechanisms. We implemented a video-based system in a reaching task in monkeys and combined a casual inference model to establish an objective and quantitative signature for the monkey's body representation. Similar to humans, monkeys were more likely to perceive an external object as part of the self when the dynamics (spatial disparity) and the features (shape and structure) of visual (V) input was closer to proprioceptive (P) signals. Neural signals in the monkey's premotor cortex reflected the strength of illusion and the likelihood of misattributing the illusory hand to oneself, thus, revealing a cortical representation of body ownership.

SUBMITTER: Fang W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6778219 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Statistical inference of body representation in the macaque brain.

Fang Wen W Li Junru J Qi Guangyao G Li Shenghao S Sigman Mariano M Wang Liping L

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190903 40

The sense of one's own body is a pillar of self-consciousness and could be investigated by inducing human illusions of artificial objects as part of the self. Here, we present a nonhuman primate version of a rubber-hand illusion that allowed us to determine its computational and neuronal mechanisms. We implemented a video-based system in a reaching task in monkeys and combined a casual inference model to establish an objective and quantitative signature for the monkey's body representation. Simi ...[more]

PMID: 31481617

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