TY - JOUR
T1 - Squeezed and Released Self
T2 - Using a Squeeze Machine to Degrade the Peri-Personal Space (PPS) Boundary
AU - Minoura, Mai
AU - Tani, Iori
AU - Ishii, Takahiro
AU - Gunji, Yukio Pegio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Psychological Association
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The squeeze machine is a V-shaped device that applies pressure to the user’s entire body to encourage relaxation, especially in individuals with autism. Thus far, this device has only been used for therapy; however, by experiencing the balance of “to squeeze” and “to be squeezed” throughout the body, the transformation of the user’s bodily self-consciousness can be expected. Here, we estimated these changes by measuring the peri-personal space (PPS) using a preestablished cross-modal (auditory and tactile) task in neurotypical adults. As a result, the PPS boundary, which was clear in the control condition, was degraded during the squeeze machine experience, even though participants subjectively reported no difference in their impressions of the auditory stimuli between the two conditions. This result points to the modification of the implicit relationship between the self and the external world in terms of the PPS.
AB - The squeeze machine is a V-shaped device that applies pressure to the user’s entire body to encourage relaxation, especially in individuals with autism. Thus far, this device has only been used for therapy; however, by experiencing the balance of “to squeeze” and “to be squeezed” throughout the body, the transformation of the user’s bodily self-consciousness can be expected. Here, we estimated these changes by measuring the peri-personal space (PPS) using a preestablished cross-modal (auditory and tactile) task in neurotypical adults. As a result, the PPS boundary, which was clear in the control condition, was degraded during the squeeze machine experience, even though participants subjectively reported no difference in their impressions of the auditory stimuli between the two conditions. This result points to the modification of the implicit relationship between the self and the external world in terms of the PPS.
KW - bodily self-consciousness
KW - cross-modal task
KW - full-body experience
KW - peripersonal space
KW - squeeze machine
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U2 - 10.1037/cns0000223
DO - 10.1037/cns0000223
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084438944
VL - 8
SP - 248
EP - 257
JO - Psychology of Consciousness: Theory Research, and Practice
JF - Psychology of Consciousness: Theory Research, and Practice
SN - 2326-5523
IS - 3
ER -