Sunday 30 September 2007

The Rubber Hand Illusion

An experiment where a woman sees a rubber hand plausibly positioned to extend from her arm while her real hand is hidden. If the fake and real hands are stroked simultaneously, she may feel the stroking in the location of the rubber hand, not the real one.

It is believed this illusion is associated with activity in the multisensory areas, most notably the ventral premotor cortex.

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