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Scientists Identify Brain Waves That Define The Limits of 'You'

At what point do "you" end and the outside world begins? It might feel like a weird question with an obvious answer, but your ...
Ars Technica

Study finds that the popular rubber hand illusion could be used to treat OCD

Chances are good that you’ve seen entertaining footage of the so-called “rubber hand illusion,” where someone becomes convinced that a fake rubber hand is actually their own. It’s more than a clever ...
Newsweek

Scientists Trick Mice with Human Experiment—Here’s Why It Has ‘Unparalleled’ Value

Mice have been shown to experience an artificial sense of limb ownership, similar to the famous "rubber-hand illusion" in humans. "The rubber hand illusion is a staple of the study of body ...
Medical Xpress

Mice recognize an artificial limb as their own: Embodiment model could lead to better neuroprostheses

Mice can develop a sense of embodiment of an artificial limb, similar to humans who participate in the rubber-hand illusion experiment, according to a study published in PLOS Biology by Luc Estebanez ...
Inverse

Alien hands and fake feces: Scientists create bizarre new OCD treatment

Obsessive compulsive disorder wreaks havoc on the lives of approximately two to three percent of the world’s population. But despite its prevalence, one of the most-common treatments for the condition ...
AOL

Freaky ‘Rubber Hand’ Illusion Works on Octopuses, Too

In the classic “rubber hand” illusion, a participant is tricked into experiencing a fake arm on the table in front of them as their own: their brain “feels” the tickle of a feather or other stimuli ...