This illusion makes it feel like the dummy hand is your own hand! | Refresh

Anil Seth explains the classic rubber hand experiment, in his recent Discourse on the neuroscience of consciousness. Watch the full talk on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xRel1JKOEbI Or listen to the talk on our podcast: https://soundcloud.com/royal-institution/sets/ri-science-podcast | Royal Institution of Great Britain

The human brain can bring rubber to life with one simple trick: Cover a person’s hand and place a rubber hand next to it, then stroke their hand and its facsimile, and suddenly the person will begin to “feel” the touch in the fake appendage. The rubber hand illusion helps demonstrate how our senses work together to create the feeling of ownership over our bodies, a fundamental part of self-awareness. And now, a new study demonstrates that octopuses also fall for the rubber arm trick—the first do

Can your brain be fooled into thinking a fake hand is yours? Alex Dainis explains the “body transfer illusion,” a mind-bending experiment that demonstrates how easily our brains can rewire reality when our senses align. #Science #ScienceExperiment #Illusion #Neuroscience #Brain | Museum of Science, Boston