About the Authors

Mel Slater

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: melslater@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Institució Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avançats ‐ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Virtual Reality Centre of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Angus Antley

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Adam Davison

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom

David Swapp

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Christoph Guger

Affiliation Guger Technologies OEG, Schiedlberg, Austria

Chris Barker

Affiliation SubDepartment of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Nancy Pistrang

Affiliation SubDepartment of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Maria V. Sanchez-Vives

Affiliation Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernandez - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus de San Juan, San Juan de Alicante, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS. Performed the experiments: MS AA. Analyzed the data: MS CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS-V CG CB. Wrote the paper: MS MS-V. Other: Helped in the design of the experiment: MS-V NP CB. Provided system support, critical comments, and prepared multi-media materials for the paper: DS. Programmed the virtual environment: AD AA.