Participant Using Robot (2 of 2) (VIDEO)

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Participants experienced being in the presence of another person in the asynchronous versus synchronous stimulation condition (p < 0.01) and experienced being touched by that invisible presence behind them (p < 0.01). Asynchronous stimulation induced a backward drift in selflocation toward the position of the presence (p < 0.05;

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<i>Current Biology</i>, Blanke et al.

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