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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Neurophysiological markers of the illusion caused by the mirror visual feedback

Mokienko OA1,2, Bobrov PD1,3, Soloveva AA1, Isaev MR1,3, Kerechanin YaV1,3, Ratnikova VYu1, Kataitsev VA1, Shagina ED1, Nikishina VB1
About authors

1 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

2 Russian Сenter of Neurology and Neurosciences, Moscow, Russia

3 Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Olesya A. Mokienko
Ostrovityanova, 1, stroenie 1, Moscow, 117997, Russia; ur.anhi@okneikom.o

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Funding: the study was conducted under the State Assignment of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation (No. 125022602910-2).

Acknowledgements: the authors express their gratitude to the study participants for their contribution to the scientific knowledge development.

Author contribution: Mokienko OA — research design, analysis of the results, manuscript writing; Bobrov PD — data analysis, manuscript writing; Soloveva AA — experimental procedure, analysis of the results; Isaev MR, Kerechanin YaV — data analysis; Ratnikova VYu, Kataitsev VA — experimental procedure; Shagina ED — research design, discussion; Nikishina VB — research conceptualization, discussion.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Institute of Clinical Psychology and Social Work, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (protocol No. 28 dated 23 October 2024). All subjects signed the informed consent to take part in the study.

Received: 2025-09-29 Accepted: 2025-10-16 Published online: 2025-10-28
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Fig. 1. А. The experimental setup: positions of the participant, the mirror, and the hands for the second and third blocks of the experiment. B. The "fist-edge-palm" movement
Fig. 2. The layout of the sensors. Circles indicate EEG electrodes, rectangles show NIRS detectors, asterisks are locations of NIRS sources; lines show source – detector pairs (NIRS channels)
Table 1. The degree of mu rhythm suppression under different conditions
Table 2. The magnitude of the hemodynamic response under different conditions
Table 3. Subjective perception of mirror illusions, unimanual movement or sensory stimulation
Note: * — one participant did not fill out the rate of onset of the illusion field for the sensory stimulation block.
Table 4. Subjective perception of mirror illusions, unimanual movement or sensory stimulation