Table 1 Examples of definitions of embodiment used within the field of prosthetics and their subsequent coding and categorization into themes
From: Prosthetic embodiment: systematic review on definitions, measures, and experimental paradigms
Definition | Code | Theme |
|---|---|---|
Perceptual embodiment of the prosthetic limb (the perceptual awareness of the prosthesis in relation to the body) into the body schema. [29] | Experience of inclusion in the body schema | Mixed (Phenomenology and Body representations) |
Embodiment is the process by which patients with limb loss come to accept their peripheral device as a natural extension of self. [30] | Experience of the artificial limb as part of the self | Phenomenology |
At the implicit level of body representations, an object is said to be embodied if some of its properties—or all of them—are processed in the same way as the properties of biological body parts. [31] | Exploitation of neural resources normally devoted to representation of body parts | Body representation |
Embodiment can also be associated with a large range of subjective explicit feelings, including feelings of bodily ownership, feelings of bodily control, of bodily integrity, affective feelings, and so forth. [31] | Subcomponents of the experience of embodiment, also experiences | Phenomenology |
The incorporation of a prosthesis into one’s body schema. [32] | Inclusion in the body schema | Body representation |
Embodiment is the percept that something not originally belonging to the self becomes part of the body. [33] | Experiencing an external object as part of the body | Phenomenology |