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. 2021 Mar 26;1:28. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/openreseurope.13193.1

Table 3. The types of spatial presence and their relations to the subject and to mediation (reproduced and modified with permission from Riva et al., 2004).

Type Relation to self Consciousness Intentions Mediation (form/content)
Proto
presence
Self vs. non-self
(other)
Mostly unconscious Motor intentions Proprioceptive (spatial presence/
enaction)
Core
presence
Self vs. present
perceptions
Conscious here and now Proximal
(present)
intentions
Perceptual (sensory presence/enaction)
Extended
presence
Self in relation to the
present situation
Conscious of self in
relation to situation
Distal (future)
intentions
Conceptual (intellectually/emotionally
significant content)