How to Disown a Body Part

sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 5 days (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)

If you hide your real hand under a cloth and place a rubber or plastic hand where your real hand ought to be and then have someone touch both real and false hands in the same way, you will begin to feel as if the sensation is coming from the false hand. Scientists have used this technique for years to figure out how people perceive body boundaries.

The spooky part? The body temperature of the real hand will decrease. So will sensation.

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