2011/03/13 by Bigna Lenggenhager, Pär Halje, Olaf Blanke · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Action Observation and Synchronization #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies #Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07647.x
openalex publication_date 2011/03/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Neuroscience of the self has focused on high-level mechanisms related to language, memory or imagery of the self. However, recent evidence suggests that low-level mechanisms such as multisensory and sensorimotor integration may play a fundamental role in self-related processing. Here we used virtual reality technology and visuo-tactile conflict to study such low-level mechanisms and manipulate where participants experienced their self to be localized (self-location). Frequency analysis and electrical neuroimaging of co-recorded high-resolution electroencephalography revealed body-specific alpha band power modulations in bilateral sensorimotor cortices. Furthermore, alpha power in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) was correlated with the degree of experimentally manipulated self-location. We argue that these alpha oscillations in sensorimotor cortex and mPFC reflect self-location as manipulated through multisensory conflict.