The curious transference of sensations in the ‘mismatched-palm’ rubber hand illusion
We describe a disconcerting illusion. The participant looks at the palm of a left rubber hand being touched while receiving synchronous touch on the back of their own hidden right hand. Despite postural incongruence, mismatching handedness and touch being at a different location on the viewed and hi...
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| description | We describe a disconcerting illusion. The participant looks at the palm of a left rubber hand being touched while receiving synchronous touch on the back of their own hidden right hand. Despite postural incongruence, mismatching handedness and touch being at a different location on the viewed and hidden hands, participants experience the illusion of ownership of the rubber hand and the illusion of feeling touch on the rubber hand. The robustness of the rubber hand illusion to seemingly profound incongruencies is explained with reference to Riemer et al.’s four basic principles for successful embodiment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ffef9db5845b4756869b664fb597ccfb2025-08-20T03:33:15ZengSAGE Publishingi-Perception2041-66952025-05-011610.1177/20416695251335161The curious transference of sensations in the ‘mismatched-palm’ rubber hand illusionNicholas ChristosJen MulhollandMargaret O’LearyRebekah C. WhiteWe describe a disconcerting illusion. The participant looks at the palm of a left rubber hand being touched while receiving synchronous touch on the back of their own hidden right hand. Despite postural incongruence, mismatching handedness and touch being at a different location on the viewed and hidden hands, participants experience the illusion of ownership of the rubber hand and the illusion of feeling touch on the rubber hand. The robustness of the rubber hand illusion to seemingly profound incongruencies is explained with reference to Riemer et al.’s four basic principles for successful embodiment.https://doi.org/10.1177/20416695251335161 |
| spellingShingle | Nicholas Christos Jen Mulholland Margaret O’Leary Rebekah C. White The curious transference of sensations in the ‘mismatched-palm’ rubber hand illusion i-Perception |
| title | The curious transference of sensations in the ‘mismatched-palm’ rubber hand illusion |
| title_full | The curious transference of sensations in the ‘mismatched-palm’ rubber hand illusion |
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| title_short | The curious transference of sensations in the ‘mismatched-palm’ rubber hand illusion |
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