Like humans, octopuses can fall for the rubber hand illusion and believe that a fake arm is theirs. This suggests they have a sense of their own body, just as we do.

If a person hides their own hand and focuses on a rubber hand instead, they may perceive it as part of their own body under certain conditions. What sounds like a gimmick could one day be used to ...

But can you embody a rubber hand of a different skin colour from your own? Manos Tsakiris and colleagues at Royal Holloway, University of London, induced the illusion in 22 white participants ...

Video: Rubber hand illusion Read about all the tactile and body illusions in our special feature About 10 years ago, psychologists in Pennsylvania discovered an amazing illusion. They found that ...

The "rubber hand illusion" tricks people into believing a body part is theirs even though it isn't — and new findings show what's going on in the brain.

Suddenly the rubber hand literally feels like it belongs to her. Consciously she knows it's not true, but that doesn't matter. Threaten the fake hand, and people under the illusion's spell respond ...

That's Not My Hand! How The Brain Can Be Fooled Into Feeling A Fake Limb Date: July 5, 2004 Source: University College London Summary: Scientists have made the first recordings of the human brain ...