Body ownership illusions (BOIs) occur when participants experience that their actual body is
replaced by a body shown in virtual reality (VR). Based on a systematic review of the …

Our interaction with the world rests on the knowledge that we are a body in space and time,
which can interact with the environment. This awareness is usually referred to as sense of …

Background Immersive virtual reality (IVR) has been investigated as a tool for treating
psychiatric conditions. In particular, the practical nature of IVR, by offering a doing instead of …

The body and the self change markedly during adolescence, but how does bodily self-
consciousness, the pre-reflexive experience of being a bodily subject, change? We …

When using tangible props as proxies for virtual objects, it is important that these haptic
proxies are similar to and co-located with their virtual counterparts. This makes it challenging …

The sense of a bodily self is thought to depend on adaptive weighting and integration of
bodily afferents and prior beliefs. While the physical body changes in shape, size, and …

The mechanisms underlying the developing sense of bodily self are debated. Whereas
some scholars stress the role of sensory factors, others propose the importance of contextual …

Bodily self-consciousness has been considered a sensorimotor root of self-consciousness. If
this is the case, how does sensorimotor memory, which is important for the prediction of …

Psychological science increasingly employs virtual reality (VR) as a therapeutic and
experimental tool. When represented by an avatar, a user's self-perception is altered …

The present study explored the effects of visuomotor synchrony in virtual reality during the
embodiment of a full human avatar in children (aged 5–6 years) and adults. Participants …