New bodily illusion: Would you believe your hand could turn into marble?
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 13:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Our bodies are made of flesh and bones. We all know this, and throughout our daily lives, all our senses constantly provide converging information about this simple, factual truth. But is this always the case? A new study reports a surprising bodily illusion demonstrating how we can rapidly update our assumptions about the material qualities of our bodies based on recent multisensory perceptual experience.