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Based on theoretical accounts that conceptualize body representations as a set of multisensory bindings, we expected gradual disembodiment of the virtual hand if the body representations are no longer updated through correlated visuomotor signals. Following initial embodiment, we probed for disembodiment by comparing two conditions: Participants either continued moving the virtual hand or they stopped moving and kept the hand still. In the current web-based study, we induced the embodiment of a two-dimensional (2D) virtual hand that could be controlled by active movements of a computer mouse or on a touchpad. However, adjusting body representations to current task demands also implies that external objects become disembodied from the body representation if they are no longer required.
Evidence from multisensory body illusions suggests that body representations may be malleable, for instance, by embodying external objects.
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