The sense of embodiment refers to the sensations of being inside, having, and controlling a
body. In virtual reality, it is possible to substitute a person's body with a virtual body, referred …

How we mentally experience our body has been studied in a variety research domains.
Each of these domains focuses in its own ways on different aspects of the body, namely the …

Physical activity, such as high-intensity intermittent aerobic exercise (HIE), can improve
executive functions. Although performing strength or aerobic training might be problematic …

It is widely accepted that the representation of the body is not fixed and immutable, but rather
flexible and constantly updated based on a continuous stream of multisensory information …

Enhancing the embodiment of artificial limbs—the individuals' feeling that a virtual or robotic
limb is integrated in their own body scheme—is an impactful strategy for improving …

Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterised by chronic, continuous, widespread pain, often
associated with a sense of fatigue, non-restorative sleep and physical exhaustion. Due to …

Recently, a monothematic delusion of body ownership due to brain damage (ie, the
embodiment of someone else's body part within the patient's sensorimotor system) has been …

Empirical evidence suggests that body ownership and the sense of agency operate as an
interactive system correlated with the level of consciousness during tasks involving …

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 …

This chapter describes how thinking and perceptual problems are assessed using the
Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS), which was developed as an …