the rubber hand illusion
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Explaining how the rubber hand illusion makes your real hand go cold.TRANSCRIPT
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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R =0.50*
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The rubber hand illusion
Moseley et al PNAS 2008; 105:13169-13173
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The rubber hand illusion
Moseley et al PNAS 2008; 105:13169-13173
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R=0.64*
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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