Christopher N Maymon, Matthew T Crawford, Katie Blackburne, André Botes, Kieran Carnegie, Samuel A Mehr, Jeremy Meier, Justin Murphy, Nicola L Miles, Kealagh Robinson, Michael Tooley, Gina M Grimshaw
When we become engrossed in novels, films, games, or even our own wandering thoughts, we can feel present in a reality distinct from the real world. Although this subjective sense of presence is, presumably, a ubiquitous aspect of conscious experience, the mechanisms that produce it are unknown. Correlational studies conducted in virtual reality have shown that we feel more present when we are afraid, motivating claims that physiological changes contribute to presence; however, such causal claims remain to be evaluated...
April 18, 2024: Journal of Experimental Psychology. General