Visual Enhancement of Touch and Bodily Self Perception Data

Experimental data from a study on the visual enhancement of touch effect and its relation to the bodily self, using the rubber hand illusion. The study was conducted by Matthew R. Longo of University College London. Tactile acuity was measured by having participants judge the orientation of square-wave gratings under different visual and stroking conditions.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between visual input and tactile acuity based on the described experimental conditions.
• Analyzing the effect of synchronous vs. asynchronous stroking on sensory thresholds as mentioned in the results.
• Investigating individual differences in cross-modal enhancement based on the inverse relationship with overall tactile acuity described.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a specific, peer-reviewed experimental study described in detail.
• The study design manipulates key variables (synchronous/asynchronous stroking, hand view) to test a clear hypothesis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• License is closed, restricting reuse and distribution.

Provenance

Source

Matthew R. Longo, University College London

Collection Method

Experimental data collected via tactile acuity tests using square-wave gratings and the rubber hand illusion paradigm.