Distinguishing my hand from a fake rubber hand on a table should be easy. It also should be easy to see the difference between my face and someone else's face in a mirror. But sometimes, this can be ...

In the now-famous rubber-hand illusion, psychologists at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University convinced people that an obviously fake hand had replaced their own. The ...

The famous, but bizarre, 'rubber hand illusion' could help people who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder overcome their condition without the often unbearable stress of exposure therapy, ...

A new study suggests the brain can be easily tricked into abandoning a hand. Aug. 26, 2008— -- While the old adage may say that "seeing is believing," new research shows that vision can lead the ...

Check out the rubber hand illusion for a breakdown in the self-object boundary. In the rubber hand illusion, first you place your hand and arm on a table. Then an experimenter hides your hand behind a ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCQbygjG0RU The rubber hand illusion is more than a vaguely creepy parlor trick. It's a window into relationship between our mental ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Scientists figured out how to conduct the "rubber hand illusion" with lab mice. | Credit: Andrew ...

The famous, but bizarre, 'rubber hand illusion' could help people who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder overcome their condition without the often unbearable stress of exposure therapy, ...

IF YOU and several other people have your arms resting on a table, how do you know which one is yours? It seems that when more than one sensory signal tells the same story, your brain believes it, ...

If you’ve ever been to a magic show, you know how easy it is to “trick” your brain into seeing something that isn’t quite there. Now, a new study published in the journal Pain Reports has unveiled an ...

The rubber hand illusion is an impressive dinner party trick. It persuades an unwitting guest that a rubber hand on the table is actually his or her own. For the victim, the illusion is rapid, ...