@inproceedings{dollinger2022virtual,
 abstract = {Mind-body therapies aim to improve health by combining physical and mental exercises. Recent developments tend to incorporate virtual reality (VR) into their design and execution, but there is a lack of research concerning the inclusion of virtual bodies and their effect on body awareness in these designs.  
In this study, 24 participants performed in-VR body awareness movement tasks in front of a virtual mirror while embodying a photorealistic, personalized avatar. Subsequently, they performed a heartbeat counting task and rated their perceived body awareness and sense of embodiment towards the avatar.
We found a significant relationship between sense of embodiment and self-reported body awareness but not between sense of embodiment and heartbeat counting. 
Future work can build on these findings and further explore the relationship between avatar embodiment and body awareness.},
 added-at = {2024-05-01T09:44:48.000+0200},
 author = {Döllinger, Nina and Wolf, Erik and Mal, David and Erdmannsdörfer, Nico and Botsch, Mario and Latoschik, Marc Erich and Wienrich, Carolin},
 biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2213da316d3e1bb619f5d67665e690262/ewolf},
 booktitle = {CHI 22 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts},
 doi = {10.1145/3491101.3519613},
 interhash = {27b88eb16cbb2f9179d55f9f6767567f},
 intrahash = {213da316d3e1bb619f5d67665e690262},
 keywords = {myown},
 pages = {1-8},
 timestamp = {2025-05-19T20:29:08.000+0200},
 title = {Virtual Reality for Mind and Body: Does the Sense of Embodiment Towards a Virtual Body Affect Physical Body Awareness?},
 url = {https://publications.wolf-research.com/2022-chi-body-awareness-virtual-human-perception-preprint.pdf},
 year = {2022}
}