Rapid learning and unlearning of predicted sensory delays in self-generated touch

  1. Konstantina Kilteni  Is a corresponding author
  2. Christian Houborg
  3. H Henrik Ehrsson
  1. Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
3 figures, 3 tables and 1 additional file

Figures

Experimental Hypotheses, Procedures and Psychophysical Analysis.

(a) (Left) When the internal model is tuned to 0 ms as in natural situations, the probability distribution for the occurrence of touch on the left index finger (approximated as a normal distribution …

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Figure 2 with 1 supplement
Results from the somatosensory attenuation experiments.

(a) Mean PSE (± s.e.m.) for each condition. Only the important planned comparisons are displayed (*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, n.s. not significant). (b) Scatterplot of the attenuation shifts in …

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Figure 2—source data 1

Mean PSE (± s.e.m.) for each condition.

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Attenuation shifts in immediate touch (unlearning) and delayed touch (learning).

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Model parameters for the group fits.

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Mean PSE (± s.e.m.) as a function of exposure trials.

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Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Individual Fits of all participants in Experiment 1.

The figure shows the fits of the 30 participants per condition. The horizontal gray dashed line indicates the 50% point of psychometric functions, and the vertical gray dashed line indicates the …

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Methods and Results from the tickling experiment.

(a) Participants were instructed to move the stylus of a robot with their right hand (master robot). The stylus was free to move along a sinusoidal path within a 3D-printed mold, thus constraining …

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Figure 3—source data 1

Median and interquartile range (IQR) for the frequency of a 150 ms delayed touch being perceived as more ticklish than a 0 ms touch, per condition.

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Tables

Author response table 1
Experiment 1:
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PSE comparisonsOriginal p – valueCorrected p-value
[0, 0] vs. baselinep < 0.001 (0.0000676947)p < 0.001 (0.0002369315)
[0, 100] vs. baselinep = 0.9032264724p = 0.9032264724
[0, 0] vs. [0, 100]p < 0.001 (0.0000004712)p < 0.001 (0.0000032987)
[0, 0] vs. [100, 0]p = 0.0107374617p = 0.0187905579
[100, 0] vs. baselinep = 0.0701934955p = 0.0818924114
[0, 100] vs. [100, 100]p = 0.0026044238p = 0.0060769889
[100, 100] vs. baselinep = 0.0570803400p = 0.0799124760
Author response table 2
Experiment 2:
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PSE comparisons for
[100 ms, 0 ms]
Original p – valueCorrected p-value
0 vs. 50 trialsp = 0.1815470400p = 0.1815470400
0 vs. 200 trialsp = 0.0282742723p = 0.0424114084
0 vs. 500 trialsp = 0.0135470857p = 0.0406412571
PSE comparisons for
[100 ms, 100 ms]
Original p – valueCorrected p-value
0 vs. 50 trialsp = 0.0098760710p = 0.0136271106
0 vs. 200 trialsp = 0.0136271106p = 0.0136271106
0 vs. 500 trialsp = 0.0044865222p = 0.0134595666
Author response table 3
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ComparisonsEstimateInferior CISuperior CI
[0 ms, 0 ms] versus baseline-0.124-0.158-0.093
[0 ms, 100 ms] versus baseline0.020-0.0080.057
[0 ms, 0 ms] versus [0 ms, 100 ms]-0.144-0.185-0.110
[0 ms, 0 ms] versus [100 ms, 0 ms]-0.066-0.104-0.027
[0 ms, 100 ms] versus [100 ms, 100 ms]0.0870.0510.125
[100 ms, 0 ms] versus baseline-0.058-0.093-0.025
[100 ms, 100 ms] versus baseline-0.067-0.098-0.032

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