"You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." C.S. Lewis

Wherever you are reading this, take a moment now and notice your body: Are your legs crossed? Is your posture straight or are you slouching? Are you slightly warm or cold? Now notice your surroundings: Is your body in a serene or noxious environment? Is it being transported in a moving vehicle, rocking slightly from side to side? If you could precisely answer any of those questions, congratulations! You are conscious. How consciousness arises from, as the great neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran mused, "a three-pound mass of jelly that you can hold in your palm" is one of science's deepest enigmas. At the present moment, two of its components - body ownership and self-location - are studied in the brain using multi sensory bodily illusions and MRI.

Body ownership.

You own a body. Your body. Although similar to other bodies ambulating Earth, your body is unique in appearance and movement. How do you know your body is yours?

In a 2011 study, Petkova et al had participants feel touch on their chest in the MRI while viewing a mannequin also being touched on its chest (See below).