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

Ehrsson et al: j NEUROSCi 25,4510564-10573 2005 This shows brain areas associated with the illusion that the rubber hand belongs to you Blobs demonstrating plasticity in sense of physical self

The rubber hand illusion To see how to do the rubber hand illusion, go to The rubber hand illusion movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=TCQbygjG0RU Moseley et al PNAS 2008; 105:13169-13173

The rubber hand illusion 0º Skin temperature -1º R =0.50* 0 5 10 Vividness of the illusion Moseley et al PNAS 2008; 105:13169-13173

The rubber hand Ctl RHI Ctl illusion 10 Vividness of RHI 0 0º Foot temperature -1º 60 s 0º Hand temperature -1º Moseley et al PNAS 2008; 105:13169-13173

The rubber hand illusion 0º Skin temperature -1º R =0.50* These things mean that by experimentally manipulating 0 5 10 ownership, we: Vividness of the illusion (i) Reduce blood flow control 10 R=0.64* and Vividness of RHI (i) Reduce tactile processing 0 Moseley et al PNAS 2008; 20 0 20 105:13169-13173 Bias in information processing

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The Rubber Hand Illusion

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