The role of bodily self-consciousness in episodic memory of naturalistic events: an immersive virtual reality study.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies suggest that the human body plays a critical role in episodic memory. Still, the precise relationship between bodily self-consciousness (BSC) and memory formation of specific events, especially in real-life contexts, remains a topic of ongoing research. The present study investigated the relationship between BSC and episodic memory (EM) using immersive virtual reality (VR) technology. Participants were immersed in an urban environment with naturalistic events, while their visuomotor feedback was manipulated in three within-subjects conditions: Synchronous, Asynchronous, and No-body. Our results show that asynchronous visuomotor feedback and not seeing one's body, compared to synchronous feedback, decrease the sense of self-identification, self-location and agency, and sense

SUBMITTER: Penaud S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10562507 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature