The Developing Bodily Self: How Posture Constrains Body Representation in Childhood

Janna M Gottwald; Laura-Ashleigh Bird; Samantha Keenaghan; Clare Diamond; Eliana Zampieri; Haleema Tosodduk; Andrew J. Bremner; Dorothy Cowie

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The Developing Bodily Self: How Posture Constrains Body Representation in Childhood

Janna M Gottwald, Laura-Ashleigh Bird, Samantha Keenaghan, Clare Diamond, Eliana Zampieri, Haleema Tosodduk, Andrew J. Bremner, Dorothy Cowie

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Adults' body representation is constrained by multisensory information and knowledge of the body such as its possible postures. This study (N = 180) tested for similar constraints in children. Using the rubber hand illusion with adults and 6- to 7-year olds, we measured proprioceptive drift (an index of hand localization) and ratings of felt hand ownership. The fake hand was either congruent or incongruent with the participant's own. Across ages, congruency of posture and visual-tactile congruency yielded greater drift toward the fake hand. Ownership ratings were higher with congruent visual-tactile information, but unaffected by posture. Posture constrains body representation similarly in children and adults, suggesting that children have sensitive, robust mechanisms for maintaining a sense of bodily self.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	351-366
Journal	Child Development
Volume	92
Issue number	1
Early online date	7 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13425
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021

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© 2020 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development.

Economic and Social Research Council. Grant Number: ES/P008798/1
H2020 European Research Council. Grant Number: ERC 241242
Swedish Research Council. Grant Number: VR-PG 2017-01504

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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