Reduced ownership over a virtual body modulates dishonesty.
Applied sensory psychophysics
Behavioral neuroscience
Machine perception
Journal
iScience
ISSN: 2589-0042
Titre abrégé: iScience
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101724038
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 May 2022
20 May 2022
Historique:
received:
28
12
2021
revised:
31
03
2022
accepted:
25
04
2022
entrez:
23
5
2022
pubmed:
24
5
2022
medline:
24
5
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Although studies suggest that even higher-order functions can be embodied, whether body awareness may bias moral decisions toward (dis)honesty remains underinvestigated. Here, we tested if the Sense of body Ownership (SoO) and the magnitude of monetary rewards influence the tendency to act immorally. Through a virtual body, participants played a card game in which they could lie to others to steal high or low amounts of money. To manipulate SoO, the virtual body was seen and controlled from a first-person perspective, with hands attached or detached, or from a third-person perspective. In third-person perspective, SoO was significantly reduced and more egoistic lies were produced in high reward conditions. Thus, SoO reduction and high monetary reward facilitate dishonest behavior, likely by separating the self from the dishonest actions performed through the disowned body. Because most future interactions will likely occur in a digital metaverse, our results may have crucial societal impact.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35602961
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104320
pii: S2589-0042(22)00591-0
pmc: PMC9118670
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
104320Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interests.
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