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Body ownership as a proxy for individual and social separation and connection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2021

Marina Scattolin Open the ORCID record for Marina Scattolin [Opens in a new window] ,
Maria Serena Panasiti Open the ORCID record for Maria Serena Panasiti [Opens in a new window]  and
Salvatore Maria Aglioti Open the ORCID record for Salvatore Maria Aglioti [Opens in a new window]
Marina Scattolin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy marina.scattolin@uniroma1.it https://agliotilab.org/lab-staff/phd-students/3rd-year/marina-scattolin#anchor IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00179 Rome, Italy mariaserena.panasiti@uniroma1.it https://agliotilab.org/lab-staff/senior-fellows/maria-serena-panasiti
Maria Serena Panasiti
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy marina.scattolin@uniroma1.it https://agliotilab.org/lab-staff/phd-students/3rd-year/marina-scattolin#anchor IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00179 Rome, Italy mariaserena.panasiti@uniroma1.it https://agliotilab.org/lab-staff/senior-fellows/maria-serena-panasiti
Salvatore Maria Aglioti
Affiliation:
IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00179 Rome, Italy mariaserena.panasiti@uniroma1.it https://agliotilab.org/lab-staff/senior-fellows/maria-serena-panasiti Sapienza University of Rome and Center for Life Nano Science, Italian Institute of Technology, 00161 Rome, Italy. salvatoremaria.aglioti@uniroma1.it https://agliotilab.org/lab-staff/principal-investigator
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Abstract

Lee and Schwartz procedures of separation offer a much needed interpretation of the literature on moral cleansing. However, body ownership as a grounded mechanism of separation and connection has been neglected. We argue that embodiment may be employed to connect the self to desirable aspects of cognitive and emotional interactions and disembodiment to disconnect from undesirable elements.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e21
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