Using VR Training to Boost Our Sense of Agency and Improve Motor Control (IMAGE)

Tohoku University

Using VR Training to Boost Our Sense of Agency and Improve Motor Control

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The two aspects of body awareness: The experience of one's visible hands as one's own (ownership) and the experience of authorship over bodily movements (agency). The present study found the sense of agency, rather than body ownership, improves motor control.

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Kazumichi Matsumiya

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