Abstract:Viewing one’s body and even a fake/virtual body experienced as one’s own has been suggested to modulate pain perception. However, what happens to pain perception when one’s own body part is felt as not belonging to one? We designed a paradigm to induce an illusory feeling of disownership regarding one’s limb, investigating whether the feeling affects pain threshold. Participants observed right-side images of their bodies from a third-person perspective via a head-mounted display in real-time. Following instruc… Show more
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