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Evidence that subclinical somatoform dissociation is not characterised by heightened awareness of proprioceptive signals

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posted on 2018-02-07, 14:01 authored by Natasha Ratcliffe, Roger NewportRoger Newport
Introduction: It has been suggested that abnormal perceptual processing and somatosensory amplification may be contributory factors to somatoform symptom reporting. A key source of somatosensory information is proprioception, yet the perception and integration of this sense has not been sufficiently investigated in those prone to somatoform disorders. Methods: Subclinical groups of high- and low-scorers on the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire made judgements about the location of their unseen hand following congruent or incongruent visuo-proprioceptive feedback, which was manipulated using a MIRAGE-mediated reality system. Results: No differences were found between groups, with both groups displaying normal proprioceptive accuracy under congruent conditions and equivalent visuo-proprioceptive integration under incongruent conditions. Conclusions: The results suggest that amplification of, or abnormal weighting for, proprioceptive signals is not a contributing factor to somatoform symptom reporting.

Funding

This work was supported by the BIAL Foundation under grant number 203/12.

History

School

  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volume

21

Issue

5

Pages

429 - 446

Citation

RATCLIFFE, N. and NEWPORT, R., 2016. Evidence that subclinical somatoform dissociation is not characterised by heightened awareness of proprioceptive signals. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 21 (5), pp. 429-446.

Publisher

© Taylor and Francis

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2016-08-26

Publication date

2016

Notes

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Cognitive Neuropsychiatry on 23 Sep 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13546805.2016.1231112.

ISSN

1354-6805

eISSN

1464-0619

Language

  • en