Our interaction with the world rests on the knowledge that we are a body in space and time,
which can interact with the environment. This awareness is usually referred to as sense of …

Patients with a disturbed sense of limb ownership (DSO) offer a unique window of insight
into the multisensory processes contributing to the sense of body ownership. A limited …

The sense of a bodily self is thought to depend on adaptive weighting and integration of
bodily afferents and prior beliefs. Evidence from studies using paradigms such as the rubber …

Bodily illusions have fascinated humankind for centuries, and researchers have studied
them to learn about the perceptual and neural processes that underpin multisensory …

Acute and chronic states of physical pain are inherently linked to our bodily perception.
Bodily illusion paradigms have demonstrated that an experimentally induced sense of body …

In body integrity dysphoria (BID), otherwise healthy individuals feel like a part of their
physical body does not belong to them despite normal sensorimotor functioning. Theoretical …

Virtual reality (VR) protocols inducing illusory embodiment of avatars have shown a positive
impact on participants' perception of outgroup members, in line with the idea that the …

Bodily illusions are changes in immediate awareness of one's body that do not correspond
to the body's veridical state. They offer a unique tool for investigating the perceptual …

Multisensory integration plays a crucial role in building the sense of body ownership, ie, the
perceptual status of one's body for which the body is perceived as belonging to oneself …

Self-touch is considered important for bodily self-consciousness and self-other distinction
and has been reported to improve clinical symptoms of disembodiment. To investigate the …