the rubber hand illusion

Lorimer Moseley NHMRC Senior Research Fellow Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia

Senior Fellow The GAMFI project University of Oxford, UK

Inducing changes in body ownership - incorporating a rubber hand

Blobs demonstrating plasticity in sense of physical self

Ehrsson et al: j NEUROSCi 25,4510564-10573 2005

This shows brain areas associated with the illusion that the rubber hand belongs to you

The rubber hand illusion

Moseley et al PNAS 2008; 105:13169-13173

To see how to do the rubber hand illusion, go to The

rubber hand illusion movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCQbygjG0RU

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The rubber hand illusion

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The rubber hand illusion

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Bias in information processing

The rubber hand illusion

These things mean that by experimentally manipulating ownership, we:

(i) Reduce blood flow control

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(i) Reduce tactile processing

Moseley et al PNAS 2008; 105:13169-13173