Self-observation of a virtual body-double engaged in social interaction reduces persecutory thoughts.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03373-x
Abstract: The proportion of the population who experience persecutory thoughts is 10-15%. People then engage in safety-seeking behaviours, typically avoiding social interactions, which prevents disconfirmatory experiences and hence paranoia persists. Here we show that persecutory thoughts… read more here.
Keywords: body; body double; persecutory thoughts; social interaction ... See more keywords
The Impact of Avatar Personalization and Immersion on Virtual Body Ownership, Presence, and Emotional Response
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DOI: 10.1109/tvcg.2018.2794629
Abstract: This article reports the impact of the degree of personalization and individualization of users' avatars as well as the impact of the degree of immersion on typical psychophysical factors in embodied Virtual Environments. We investigated… read more here.
Keywords: body ownership; immersion; virtual body; presence ... See more keywords
Virtual Co-Embodiment: Evaluation of the Sense of Agency While Sharing the Control of a Virtual Body Among Two Individuals
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DOI: 10.1109/tvcg.2020.2999197
Abstract: In this article, we introduce a concept called “virtual co-embodiment”, which enables a user to share their virtual avatar with another entity (e.g., another user, robot, or autonomous agent). We describe a proof-of-concept in which… read more here.
Keywords: control; virtual body; virtual embodiment; sense agency ... See more keywords
Immersive Virtual Reality and Virtual Embodiment for Pain Relief
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DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00279
Abstract: A significant body of experimental evidence has demonstrated that it is possible to induce the illusion of ownership of a fake limb or even an entire fake body using multisensory correlations. Recently, immersive virtual reality… read more here.
Keywords: immersive virtual; virtual body; virtual reality; pain ... See more keywords
Repeated Exposure to Illusory Sense of Body Ownership and Agency Over a Moving Virtual Body Improves Executive Functioning and Increases Prefrontal Cortex Activity in the Elderly
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DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.674326
Abstract: We previously showed that the illusory sense of ownership and agency over a moving body in immersive virtual reality (displayed in a first-person perspective) can trigger subjective and physiological reactions on the real subject’s body… read more here.
Keywords: ownership agency; virtual body; body; prefrontal cortex ... See more keywords
I can see my virtual body in a mirror: The role of visual perspective in changing implicit racial attitudes using virtual reality
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.989582
Abstract: Introduction Recent studies showed that VR is a valid tool to change implicit attitudes toward outgroup members. Here, we extended this work by investigating conditions under which virtual reality (VR) is effective in changing implicit… read more here.
Keywords: virtual body; see virtual; implicit racial; racial attitudes ... See more keywords
Neuroendocrine Response and State Anxiety Due to Psychosocial Stress Decrease after a Training with Subject’s Own (but Not Another) Virtual Body: An RCT Study
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19106340
Abstract: Previous research involving healthy participants has reported that seeing a moving virtual body from the first person perspective induces the illusion of ownership and agency over that virtual body. When a person is sitting and… read more here.
Keywords: stress; virtual body; training; person ... See more keywords