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).