Figure 4. Body recognition mechanism.

Explanation of mechanism of body ownership illusion to an operated robotic body is based on Tsakiris cognitive model for self-recognition. During tele-operation of a very human-like android, match between efferent signals of a motor intention and afferent feedback of the performed motion (proprioceptive feedback from operator's body and visual feedback from robot's body) yields illusion that robot's body belongs to the operator. However, the role of proprioceptive feedback in modulation of such feelings has never been completely clarified. This work confirms that the body ownership illusion was elicited without proprioceptive feedback and by modulation of only motor commands and visual inputs.