The Tilted Self: Visuo-Graviceptive Mismatch in the Full-Body Illusion.
Frontiers in neurology January 1, 2019 Carla Thür, Marte Roel Lesur, Christopher J Bockisch et al. 12 citations
The sense of having a body depends on integrating multiple senses and prior beliefs, but the role of the vestibular system—which detects gravity—is not well understood. In an experiment, participants viewed a virtual body in front of them through a head-mounted display while receiving tactile stimulation on their back either synchronously or asynchronously. Tilting the virtual body created a conflict between visual and gravity-related cues about body orientation. Self-identification with the virtual body decreased when this visuo-graviceptive conflict was present.