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Illusory body ownership of an invisible body interpolated between virtual hands and feet via visual-motor synchronicity.

ABSTRACT: Body ownership can be modulated through illusory visual-tactile integration or visual-motor synchronicity/contingency. Recently, it has been reported that illusory ownership of an invisible body can be induced by illusory visual-tactile integration from a first-person view. We aimed to test whether a similar illusory ownership of the invisible body could be induced by the active method of visual-motor synchronicity and if the illusory invisible body could be experienced in front of and facing away from the observer. Participants observed left and right white gloves and socks in front of them, at a distance of 2?m, in a virtual room through a head-mounted display. The white gloves and socks were synchronized with the observers' actions. In the experiments, we tested the effect of synchronization, and compared this to a whole-body avatar, measuring self-localization drift. We observed that visual hands and feet were sufficient to induce illusory body ownership, and this effect was as strong as using a whole-body avatar.

SUBMITTER: Kondo R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5954161 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Illusory body ownership of an invisible body interpolated between virtual hands and feet via visual-motor synchronicity.

Kondo Ryota R Sugimoto Maki M Minamizawa Kouta K Hoshi Takayuki T Inami Masahiko M Kitazaki Michiteru M

Scientific reports 20180515 1

Body ownership can be modulated through illusory visual-tactile integration or visual-motor synchronicity/contingency. Recently, it has been reported that illusory ownership of an invisible body can be induced by illusory visual-tactile integration from a first-person view. We aimed to test whether a similar illusory ownership of the invisible body could be induced by the active method of visual-motor synchronicity and if the illusory invisible body could be experienced in front of and facing aw ...[more]

PMID: 29765152

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Illusory body ownership of an invisible body interpolated between virtual hands and feet via visual-motor synchronicity.

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Illusory body ownership of an invisible body interpolated between virtual hands and feet via visual-motor synchronicity.

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