Reduced ownership over a virtual body modulates dishonesty

Morality in the flesh: on the link between bodily self-consciousness, moral identity and (dis)honest behaviour

“…Crucially, this extension of the sense of body ownership is more likely to occur when the other person is considered as displaying desirable characteristics, such as niceness and physical attractiveness [ 69 , 70 ]. Therefore, it has been proposed that enhanced body ownership is observed in association with positive qualities, as doing so promotes the observer to attribute these qualities to themselves [ 71 , 72 ]. The positive relationship we found between sense of ownership and moral identity may be aligned to this, as increased ownership could facilitate the association between body and positive characteristics (like morality), that are consequently ascribed to the self.…”

“…The code for replication of all analysis is available at doi:10.17632/84tz3jkhr3.2 10.17632/84tz3jkhr3.2 [ 95 ]. The full dataset for replication of the results presented here will be made available to anyone upon personal communication with the authors of this study and only upon agreeing to use the dataset exclusively for replication purposes.…”

“…In fact, 32 of the participants who took part in study 1 (4.86% of the final sample) and 45 in study 2 (6.91% of the final sample) did not give their consent to the use of their data for testing new hypotheses. As a consequence, these participants have been excluded from the dataset for investigating new hypotheses, which is retrievable at the following: doi:10.17632/84tz3jkhr3.2 10.17632/84tz3jkhr3.2 [ 95 ]. Data is also to be found in the electronic supplementary material [ 96 ].…”

“…As a consequence, these participants have been excluded from the dataset for investigating new hypotheses, which is retrievable at the following: doi:10.17632/84tz3jkhr3.210.17632/84tz3jkhr3.2 [95]. Data is also to be found in the electronic supplementary material [96].…”

The impact of mindfulness meditation on social and moral behavior: Does mindfulness enhance other-oriented motivation or decrease monetary reward salience?

“…Moral behavior refers to the ability to perform a course of action in line with moral norms, e.g., by considering its direct or indirect consequences for others (Ayala, 2010). Morality can be assessed distinctly by measuring moral judgments (e.g., by means of moral dilemmas, such as the Trolley and the Footbridge dilemmas (Nichols and Mallon, 2006;Christensen and Gomila, 2012), actual moral behavior (e.g., by means of interactive tasks requiring participants to actively take decisions or perform actions in morally relevant contexts, with real consequences for oneself and others, e.g., the Temptation to Lie Card Game; Panasiti et al, 2011Panasiti et al, , 2014Panasiti et al, , 2016Azevedo et al, 2017;Schepisi et al, 2020;Scattolin et al, 2022;Vabba et al, 2022), or trait morality (e.g., the Moral Identity Questionnaire; Black and Reynolds, 2016).…”