Fig 1. Illustration of the experimental set-up for Experiment 1.

Nociceptive stimuli, represented by the red lightning symbols, were applied to both of the participant’s hands. Visual cues, represented by the green circles, were presented at four different locations in each trial: either unilaterally or bilaterally, either on the participant’s hands (in near space) or in front of the participant’s hands (in far space). Participants were fixating on a red LED (represented by the red circle) that was positioned in between the LEDs in near and far space. In half of the blocks participants were asked to cross their hands over the body midline (right side of the figure). In Experiment 2, the set-up was identical, except for the fact that the LEDs were only presented in near space.