Self-other merging induced by Interpersonal Multisensory Stimulation increases interpersonal trust behavior.
Studies show that we can change the representation of the self and self-other boundaries, i.e. induce bodily self-other merging. Indeed, experiencing tactile facial stimulation while seeing similar synchronous stimuli delivered to the face of another individual as in a mirror (IMS procedure), induces the subjective illusory experience of ownership and self-attribution bias of the other’s face (Bufalari et al., 2018).