Conceptual processing is referenced to the experienced location of the self, not to the location of the physical body

When subjects self-identified with the avatar presented at the distal position, the facilitation effect of the words' spatial-semantic congruency disappeared. The congruency effect did not disappear in case of asynchronous stimulation as well as in the control experiment with the object, where no change in self-identification was observed. These results demonstrate that conceptual processing is not referenced to the location of the physical body, but to the experienced location of the self.