From Embodiment of a Point-Light Display in Virtual Reality to Perception of One's Own Movements

Humans can recognize living organisms and understand their actions solely on the basis of a small animated set of well-positioned points of light, i.e. by recognizing biological motion. Our aim was to determine whether this type of recognition and integration also occurs during the perception of one's own movements. The participants (60 females) were immersed with a virtual reality headset in a virtual environment, either dark or illuminated, in...