Abstract Beyond The colour of my skin

Can multisensory stimulation lead participants to experience ownership over a hand of different skin colour? Results from two studies show that, following synchronous visuotactile (VT) stimulation, participants can experience body-ownership over hands that seem to belong to a different racial group. These findings suggest that multisensory experiences can override strict ingroup/outgroup distinctions based on skin colour and point to a key role for sensory processing in social cognition. Social Distinctions and the Body Serino et al.(2009) Visual remapping of touch greater for ingroups than outgroup faces. Rubber Hand Illusion Can produce sensation of body ownership for non-self objects Sensitive to properties of corporeality & postur