Interesting article on the importance of perception in assessment of reality. The research involves creating an artificial out of body experience and examining what brain functions are responsible for making us feel like our bodies belong to us. According to Dr Henrik Ehrsson, research leader in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Karolinska Institute:
“‘This is essentially a means of projecting yourself, a form of teleportation,’ said Dr Ehrsson. ‘If we can project people into a virtual character, so they feel and respond as if they were really in a virtual version of themselves, just imagine the implications.’”
More on this research here.