First person experience of body transfer in virtual reality.

Altering the normal association between touch and its visual correlate can result in the illusory perception of a fake limb as part of our own body. Thus, when touch is seen to be applied to a rubber hand while felt synchronously on the corresponding hidden real hand, an illusion of ownership of the...

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Main Authors: Mel Slater, Bernhard Spanlang, Maria V Sanchez-Vives, Olaf Blanke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2868878?pdf=render