12 October 2022 · First online (indexed publication record)
Ke Ma, Liping Yang, Bernhard Hommel
Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · Experimental body-ownership study
A virtual-body experiment examined how movement, touch and awareness of internal bodily signals influence embodiment. Synchrony affected reported ownership, with differences between stimulation types.
Method and scope
Researchers varied visuomotor and visuotactile synchrony and assessed interoceptive accuracy using a heartbeat-counting task.
What to keep in mind
An experimentally induced body illusion is not equivalent to every spontaneous out-of-body account. Results also depend on the measures used for embodiment and interoception.
Original paper & source
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DOI: 10.1177/17470218221128285
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