A sense of losing one’s hand induced by visuotactile conflict in virtual reality
Scientific Reports July 19, 2026 Ayato Imai, Masayuki Hara, Noriaki Kanayama
Embodiment of external objects has been widely studied to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of human body perception, whereas disembodiment has received only limited attention despite its importance. To address this gap, we designed a sensorimotor feedback paradigm using virtual reality to induce bodily disappearance, referred to here as the sense of body loss. Participants wearing a...