VR technique called embodiment, body ownership, or body-swapping illusion, refers to the illusion that a virtual body is experienced as one's own body. A person can feel embodied in a life-sized virtual body by watching the body from a first-person perspective. Embodiment enables changes in self-perception and can result in changes in attitudes, cognition, and behavior through implicit learning

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-	Automated VR treatment
-	Embodiment
-	Change of perspective

VR intervention techniques

The body transfer illusion refers to the deceptive sense of ownership over a body that does not belong to oneself. This occurs when bottom-up visual cues override top-down knowledge about body ownership, leading to a false perception of possessing a different body.

Body Transfer Illusion 

Geraets, Chris N. W. (10/01/2021). "Advances in immersive virtual reality interventions for mental disorders: A new reality?". Advances in immersive virtual reality interventions for mental disorders: A new reality? (2352-2518), 41 , p. 40.

Advances in immersive virtual reality interventions for mental disorders: A new reality?

Stand-alone, self-guided, or automated VR treatments. These developments are driven by the notion that access to evidence-based psychological treatment can be challenging and waiting lists are a persistent problem. Automated VR applications can make psychological therapy more readily available for many people and may also be used to increase treatment intensity, for example, by complementing face-to-face therapy with home VR exercises, or as a booster session after finishing treatment.

Automated VR treatment

Change of perspective is another novel technique that is currently being tested. This technique enables patients to role-play with avatars and to replay the conversation afterward from the perspective of each interlocutor, or as an outsider. Patients can thus experience a virtual social scenario from multiple perspectives. This may increase understanding as people can observe and experience their behavior and interactions, which may be helpful when intervening on, for example, self-criticism, aggression, and empathy. In addition, this enables new opportunities for giving feedback.

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