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Mice fall for body illusions just like us

  • Autores: Jessica Hamzelou
  • Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3097, 2016, pág. 10
  • Idioma: inglés
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    • The discovery that mice fall for the same trick could aid the development of prosthetic limbs and treatments for psychiatric disorders. In the human version of the trick, a person sits next to a rubber hand and their own hand is hidden. Stroking both hands at the same time tricks the person into feeling that the rubber limb is their own. When the fake hand Is attacked, people yell out in fear--as if their own limb were under threat. Kenji Kansaku at the National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities in Tokorozawa, Japan, and his colleagues performed the same trick on mice, hiding their tails and using a fake one


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