U.S., Aug. 19 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07769710) titled 'Hyperventilation Effects on Bodily Self-Consciousness' on July 14.
Brief Summary: This study examines how voluntary fast, deep breathing (hyperventilation) affects the way healthy adults perceive their own body. Participants wear a virtual-reality (VR) headset and see a virtual body; a glowing halo around it either pulses exactly in time with their own breathing or is time-shifted. During the study, breathing, heart activity, blood-oxygen level, the carbon-dioxide content of exhaled air, and brain activity (EEG, measured non-invasively from the scalp) are recorded continuously, and participants complete questionnaires about their ex...