Visuospatial viewpoint manipulation during full-body illusion modulates subjective first-person perspective

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4021-4033

  Pfeiffer, Christian ^a   Schmutz, Valentin ^a   Blanke, Olaf ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bodily self consciousness; First person perspective; Full body illusion; Multisensory integration; Visuospatial viewpoint

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914703119     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-4080-0     Document Type: Article

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