Observing the Transformation of Bodily Self-consciousness in the Squeeze-machine Experiment.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE March 8, 2019 Mai Minoura, Iori Tani, Takahiro Ishii et al.
How is our bodily self-consciousness acquired, and how does it affect cognition? To investigate this, we conducted an experiment using the squeeze machine, a device that provides pressure along the length of the user's whole body. The squeeze machine is used to help autistic people relax. The inventor of the machine, Dr. Temple Grandin says that the squeeze machine, beyond bringing her...