{"id":202,"date":"2014-08-22T20:41:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T20:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/paubin\/wordpress\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2015-01-15T00:28:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T00:28:00","slug":"plasticity-of-tactile-perception-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/paubin\/wordpress\/research-3\/targeted-reinnervation\/plasticity-of-tactile-perception-study","title":{"rendered":"Plasticity of Tactile Perception Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

Experimental Methods:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"probe\"<\/a>

Figure 1<\/p><\/div>\n

Using a tactile-visual discrepancy test on subjects, participants will be biased into associating a new sensation of touch to various locations on their upper leg.<\/p>\n

Initial Assessment: <\/em>Each subject will have a 10-inch ruler drawn along the length of their upper leg, measured in \u00bc inch increments. The researcher will select ten consecutive points to touch, each one being touched a total of ten times, in random order. The subject will be blindfolded during each touch, but will uncover their eyes to determine where they think they were touched.<\/p>\n

\"Intervention\"<\/a>

Intervention<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Phase

Phases 1 and 3<\/p><\/div>\n

Intervention:<\/em> By touching test subjects in one location while simultaneously creating an illusion that makes the touch appear to be occurring one inch\u00a0proximally, the individuals will adapt their self-awareness to the new tactile sensations (see Figure 1). In the figure, a box contains the tactile wand, which has one end protruding from the box for the subjects to see, and a tip that is offset within the container. This will lead them to associate feelings of touch in one location as coming from a different location.<\/p>\n

Subjects will be touched for 1 minute with the intervention device.<\/p>\n

Post Intervention Assessment:<\/em> The assessment described above will be performed again, however the chosen points will be offset distally by one inch, to quantify the effect of the intervention.<\/p>\n

Downloadable files:<\/strong><\/p>\n

YIS Abstract Maddie Graham Final 2014<\/a><\/p>\n

The Plasticity of Tactile Perception YIS2014 PPT Final<\/a><\/p>\n

Progress Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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