Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

EEG signature of breaks in embodiment in VR

The paper uses EEG to study brain responses during breaks in embodiment in VR, finding error-related potentials linked to non-embodied conditions.

Breathlessness in a virtual world: An experimental paradigm testing how discrepancy between VR visual gradients and pedal resistance during stationary cycling affects breathlessness perception.

This study uses a virtual reality paradigm to show that breathlessness perception is influenced by both expected and actual effort during cycling.

Sensory Reweighting: A Common Mechanism for Subjective Visual Vertical and Cybersickness Susceptibility

This study investigates how exposure to VR affects sensory reweighting and relates it to cybersickness susceptibility by measuring changes in subjective visual vertical and sickness severity.

Active self-touch restores bodily self-awareness following disruption by "rubber hand illusion"

This study shows that active self-touch after the rubber hand illusion reduces proprioceptive drift, indicating it restores bodily self-awareness, while involuntary self-touch does not.

Real-world body orientation impacts virtual navigation experience and performance

This study shows that physical body orientation affects experienced body orientation and spatial navigation performance in virtual reality.

Avatar error in your favor: Embodied avatars can fix users mistakes without them noticing

The paper shows that users in VR are less likely to notice avatar finger swaps that help them complete tasks compared to those that hinder them.

Different armpits under my new nose: olfactory sex but not gender affects implicit measures of embodiment

The paper investigates how sex-related body odors influence implicit embodiment compared to gender-related scents in virtual reality.

Measuring motion-to-photon latency for sensorimotor experiments with virtual reality systems

This paper measures motion-to-photon latency in VR systems using a high-speed camera technique, revealing latency reductions due to motion prediction algorithms.

Thermal Pain and Detection Threshold Modulation in Augmented Reality

This study shows that augmented reality can modulate thermal pain and detection thresholds by altering body perception.

Embodiment of Supernumerary Robotic Limbs in Virtual Reality

This study evaluates whether a supernumerary robotic limb can be embodied as part of the body in virtual reality and assesses changes in peripersonal space perception.

Enhanced processing of aversive stimuli on embodied artificial limbs by the human amygdala

The paper investigates how the human amygdala processes aversive stimuli on artificial limbs using fMRI in VR, finding enhanced amygdala activation for aversive stimuli with stronger multisensory integration.

DomeVR: A setup for experimental control of an immersive dome virtual environment created with Unreal Engine 4

DomeVR provides an immersive VR environment for neuroscience experiments using Unreal Engine 4, offering modular tools for task control, logging, and multi-species testing.

Reaching articular limits can negatively impact embodiment in virtual reality.

This study shows that perceiving articular limits during reaching movements in VR can disrupt embodiment if the avatar's movement does not match the user's proprioceptive feedback.

Bodily ownership of an independent supernumerary limb: An exploratory study

This study explores whether humans can perceive ownership of an independent artificial limb, finding that while challenging, embodiment is possible.

The monologue of the double: allocentric reduplication of the own voice alters bodily self perception

The paper investigates if listening to one's own voice from an allocentric perspective can induce a sense of an auditory double and alter spatial self-perception.

The efficacy of a virtual reality exposure therapy treatment for fear of flying: A retrospective study

This study evaluates the efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy for fear of flying in a real-world sample, finding significant increases in flight activity post-treatment.

Absence of reliable physiological signature of illusory body ownership revealed by f ine-grained autonomic measurement during the rubber hand illusion

The paper tests if the rubber hand illusion alters autonomic activity but finds no reliable physiological changes.

Variation in visual sensitivity predicts motion sickness in virtual reality

The paper finds that individual sensitivity to visual cues predicts motion sickness severity in virtual reality, but not sex differences.

Cogno-Vest: A Torso-Worn, Force Display to Experimentally Induce Specific Hallucinations and Related Bodily Sensations

The paper introduces and validates a torso-worn force display called Cogno-vest to induce specific bodily sensations and hallucinations through sensorimotor conflict.

The contribution of stimulating multiple body parts simultaneously to the illusion of owning an entire artificial body

This study investigates how synchronous visuotactile stimulation of multiple body parts affects the illusion of full-body ownership, finding that synchronization enhances ownership ratings across all body parts.

A temporal parcellation of the sensory-evoked responses during the rubber hand illusion reveals manipulation- and illusion-specific correlates

The paper uses EEG data to identify a temporal sequence of neural responses that distinguish the rubber hand illusion from control conditions, revealing a reliable signature around 130-150 ms post-stimulus.

Visual self-motion feedback affects the sense of self in virtual reality

This study shows that congruent visual feedback of self-motion in virtual reality overrides biological sex in shaping the sense of self.

Self-body recognition through a mirror: Easing spatial-consistency requirements for rubber hand illusion

This study investigates how using a mirror affects the rubber hand illusion by reducing spatial incongruency and enhancing multisensory integration for body ownership.

First person experience of threat modulates cortical network encoding human peripersonal space

The paper investigates how first-person perspective training modulates cortical networks involved in threat detection in human peripersonal space, showing enhanced synchronization and connectivity in specific brain regions.

Disruption by virtual reality of the cortical oscillations related to visuotactile integration during an embodiment process

The paper compares EEG oscillatory activities during a rubber hand illusion in real and virtual reality environments, finding no significant differences in VR, suggesting VR alters sensory integration mechanisms.

Achronopresence: how temporal visuotactile and visuomotor mismatches modulate embodiment

This paper investigates how temporal mismatches between visuotactile and visuomotor signals affect embodiment, finding that active movement exacerbates the sense of disembodiment compared to passive touch.

Proprioceptive accuracy in immersive virtual reality: A developmental perspective

This study investigates how proprioceptive accuracy develops with age and is affected by vision and immersive virtual reality environments.

Narrative and gaming experience interact to affect presence and cybersickness in virtual reality

The paper examines how narrative and gaming experience influence presence and cybersickness in virtual reality, finding that enriched narrative increases presence and reduces cybersickness, particularly for experienced gamers.

Reduction of cybersickness during and immediately following noisy galvanic vestibular stimulation

This study investigates whether noisy galvanic vestibular stimulation reduces cybersickness during and immediately after virtual reality exposure, finding it effective for intense VR content but not moderate content.

Electroencephalographic evidence for the involvement of mirror neuron and error monitoring related processes in virtual body ownership

The paper investigates EEG markers of mirror neuron and error monitoring systems during virtual body ownership illusions, finding distinct neural responses modulated by agency, synchronicity, and semantic congruence.