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. 2013 Dec 23;8(12):e83840. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083840

Table 1. Self-report statements used for the assessment of conscious full-body self-perception.

Presentation order
Item Self-report statement Study 1 Study 2
1 It seemed as if I might have more than one body. 1 1
2 It felt like I could have moved the head of the virtual body, if I had wanted. 2 2
3 I felt somehow connected with the virtual body. 3 4
4 I experienced the virtual body as a part of myself. 4 5
5 Sometimes, I had the feeling that I was looking at myself. 5 7
6 Sometimes, I had the feeling of standing in the place of the virtual body. 6 8
7 It felt like I was in control of the virtual body. 7 9
8 Sometimes, it felt like I and the virtual body were one. 8 11
9 It felt like the virtual body was my body. 9 12
10 It felt like I could have moved the virtual body, if I had wanted. 10 14
11 It felt like the virtual body belonged to me. 11 16
12 Sometimes, I felt like I was inside the virtual body. 12 17
13 I seemed to feel when the virtual body was touched. 13 19
14 I had the feeling that I was standing in front of myself. 14 20
15 Sometimes, I had the impression that it was me touching myself with the stick. 15 22
16 I had the feeling that I was in the middle of the action rather than merely observing. 16 21
17 I experienced myself as part of the presented environment. 17 3
18 I felt like I was actually there in the presented environment. 18 6
19 I felt like the presented objects were surrounding me. 19 15
20 It was as though my true location had shifted into the presented environment. 20 23
21 It seemed as though I was present in the environment. 21 18
22 I felt as though I was physically located in the presented environment. 22 10
23 It seemed as though I actually took part in the presented action. 23 13
24 It felt like I could have moved the legs of the virtual body, if I had wanted. 24
25 It seemed like the touch I felt was caused by the stick touching the virtual body. 25
26 It felt like I could have moved the arms of the virtual body, if I had wanted. 26
27 It seemed like my body was in the location where the virtual body was. 27

Response format: visual analog scale (minimum  =  not at all; maximum  =  very much).