Gutenberg Open Science: Tickle me, I think I might be dreaming! : Sensory attenuation, self-other distinction, and predictive processing in lucid dreams

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dc.contributor.author	Windt, Jennifer M.	-
dc.contributor.author	Harkness, Dominic	-
dc.contributor.author	Lenggenhager, Bigna	-
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-14T08:14:20Z	-
dc.date.available	2022-09-14T08:14:20Z	-
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/7768	-
dc.description.abstract	BACKGROUND: The contrast between self- and other-produced tickles, as a special case of sensory attenuation for self-produced actions, has long been a target of empirical research. While in standard wake states it is nearly impossible to tickle oneself, there are interesting exceptions. Notably, subjects awakened from REM (rapid eye movement-) sleep dreams are able to tickle themselves. So far, however, the question of whether it is possible to tickle oneself and be tickled by another in the dream state has not been investigated empirically or addressed from a theoretical perspective. Here, we report the results of an explorative web-based study in which participants were asked to rate their sensations during self-tickling and being tickled during wakefulness, imagination, and lucid dreaming. Our results, though highly preliminary, indicate that in the special case of lucid control dreams, the difference between self-tickling and being tickled by another is obliterated, suggesting that sensory attenuation for self-produced tickles spreads to those produced by non-self dream characters. These preliminary results provide the backdrop for a more general theoretical and metatheoretical discussion of tickling in lucid dreams in a predictive processing framework. We argue that the primary value of our study lies not so much in our results, which are subject to important limitations, but rather in the fact that they enable a new theoretical perspective on the relationship between sensory attenuation, the self-other distinction and agency, as well as suggest new questions for future research. In particular, the example of tickling during lucid dreaming raises the question of whether sensory attenuation and the self-other distinction can be simulated largely independently of external sensory input.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	DFG, Open Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizin	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	100 Philosophie	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	100 Philosophy	en_GB
dc.title	Tickle me, I think I might be dreaming! : Sensory attenuation, self-other distinction, and predictive processing in lucid dreams	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-7753	-
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 05 Philosophie und Philologie	de
jgu.organisation.number	7920	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Frontiers in human neuroscience	de
jgu.journal.volume	8	de
jgu.pages.alternative	Art. 717	de
jgu.publisher.year	2014	-
jgu.publisher.name	Frontiers Research Foundation	de
jgu.publisher.place	Lausanne	de
jgu.publisher.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00717	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1662-5161	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	100	de
opus.date.modified	2018-08-08T08:05:45Z
opus.subject.dfgcode	00-000
opus.organisation.string	FB 05: Philosophie und Philologie: Philosophisches Seminar	de_DE
opus.identifier.opusid	26872
opus.institute.number	0508
opus.metadataonly	false
opus.type.contenttype	Keine	de_DE
opus.type.contenttype	None	en_EN
opus.affiliated	Windt, Jennifer M.
jgu.publisher.doi	10.3389/fnhum.2014.00717	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
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