Science news articles about 'rubber hand'

  • Sleight of hand and sense of self

    (PhysOrg.com) -- An illusion that tricks people into believing a rubber hand belongs to them isn`t all in the mind, Oxford University researchers have found. They have observed a physical response as ...
  • Sleight Of Hand And Sense Of Self

    An illusion that tricks people into believing a rubber hand belongs to them isn't all in the mind, researchers have found. They have observed a physical response as well, a finding that offers insight ...
  • Amputees can experience prosthetic hand as their own

    ... point to the hand when asked to localise the point of stimulation. That they experienced the rubber hand as their own was also substantiated physiologically in that they started to sweat when the hand ...
  • Perceiving touch and your self outside of your body

    ... this illusion. A number of earlier studies showed that if a rubber hand is positioned such that it extends from a person's arm while her actual hand is hidden from view, and both her real hand ...

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