Congruency of Information Rather Than Body Ownership Enhances Motor Performance in Highly Embodied Virtual Reality.

ABSTRACT: In immersive virtual reality, the own body is often visually represented by an avatar. This may induce a feeling of body ownership over the virtual limbs. Importantly, body ownership and the motor system share neural correlates. Yet, evidence on the functionality of this neuroanatomical coupling is still inconclusive. Findings from previous studies may be confounded by the congruent vs. incongruent multisensory stimulation used to modulate body ownership. This study aimed to investigate the effect of body ownership and congruency of information on motor performance in immersive virtual reality. We aimed to modulate body ownership by providing congruent vs. incongruent visuo-tactile stimulation (i.e., participants felt a brush stroking their real fingers while seeing a virtual brush strokin

SUBMITTER: Odermatt IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8291288 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature