TABLE 1.
Questionnaire for Assessing the Rubber Hand Illusion in the Classic-RHI Paradigm and the Parasagittal-Mirror-RHI Paradigm: Three Illusion Statements (S1–S3) and Six Control Statements (S4–S9).
Statement # | Illusion versus Control Statements | Statements |
S1 | Ownership | I felt as if the rubber hand were my hand |
S2 | Causation | It seemed as though the touch I felt was caused by the paintbrush touching the rubber hand |
S3 | Visual Capture of Touch | It seemed as if I were feeling the touch of the paintbrush in the location where I saw the rubber hand touched |
S4 | Control | It felt as if my (real) hand were drifting towards the right (towards the rubber hand) |
S5 | Control | It seemed as if I might have more than one left hand or arm |
S6 | Control | It seemed as if the touch I was feeling came from somewhere between my own hand and the rubber hand |
S7 | Control | It felt as if my (real) hand were turning “rubbery” |
S8 | Control | It appeared (visually) as if the rubber hand were drifting towards the left (towards my hand) |
S9 | Control | The rubber hand began to resemble my own (real) hand, in terms of shape, skin tone, freckles or some other visual feature |
Nine statements (three illusion statements and six control statements) were presented in randomized order at the end of each trial. Participants responded on a visual analog scale, with indicative marks at only the two end points of the scale: 0 “Not at all” and 6 “Very strongly agree”. Participants used a slider on a digital touch-screen tablet, with 0 and 6 serving to provide the participant with reference points when selecting the point along the line that best indicated their rating of the RHI. In Experiment 1, participants used a Samsung Galaxy 10 inch Tablet with a stylus, and in Experiment 2, participants used an 8 inch iPad Tablet and their finger.