Interoception, or the process of receiving, accessing and appraising internal bodily signals, is critical for health and well-being. However, people can sometimes become unaware of bodily sensations, for instance when they experience embodiment over a virtual body from a third person perspective (3PP) during a body illusion. Here, it was investigated to what degree playing videogames in which an avatar is controlled from a 3PP is similarly associated with a reduction in awareness of bodily sensations, and whether such effects are amplified when embodiment over the virtual body is stronger. Watching video on demand was selected as a conservative control condition. 142 participants who frequently played videogames and frequently watched video-on-demand (VoD; at least once a week) in longer sessions (at least 2 h) completed a survey in which they answered questions about reduced awareness of bodily sensations while playing videogames or watching VoD. As predicted, playing videogames was associated with various forms of reduced awareness of bodily signals, such as being unaware of tiredness and getting less sleep, and this reduced awareness was stronger than when people watch VoD. In addition, as predicted, degree of embodiment was positively related to the amount of reduced awareness, and this relation was descriptively stronger for the VG than the VoD condition. These results show that people may indeed become less aware of bodily sensations such as energy level or sleep when they play videogames. Considerations for health are discussed.

内感受，或接收、访问和评估内部身体信号的过程，对健康和福祉至关重要。然而，人们有时会意识不到身体的感觉，例如当他们在身体幻觉中从第三人称视角 (3PP) 体验虚拟身体的体现时。在这里，调查了玩电子游戏的程度如何，其中化身受 3PP 控制，与身体感觉意识的降低类似，以及当虚拟身体的具体化更强时，这种影响是否会被放大。选择观看视频点播作为保守的控制条件。142名经常玩电子游戏和经常观看视频点播（VoD；至少每周一次）在较长时间（至少 2 小时）中完成了一项调查，他们在其中回答了有关在玩电子游戏或观看 VoD 时身体感觉意识降低的问题。正如预测的那样，玩电子游戏与各种形式的身体信号意识降低有关，例如没有意识到疲倦和睡眠不足，这种意识降低比人们观看视频点播时更强烈。此外，正如预测的那样，体现程度与意识降低量呈正相关，并且这种关系对于 VG 的描述性强于 VoD 条件。这些结果表明，人们在玩电子游戏时可能确实对身体感觉（例如能量水平或睡眠）的意识减弱。讨论了健康方面的考虑。