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Textbook Figure 9.12. In the rubber hand illusion, if the dummy hand (visible to the participant) and the real hand (which the participant cannot see) are stroked at the same time, then the participant reports ownership of the dummy hand. What would happen if the dummy hand were stabbed?
Discuss this mind-blowing trick. Scientists use this to demonstrate how sight, touch and proprioception integrate and interact to let participants create a feeling of ownership of the dummy hand.
a) Describe the phenomenon of “rubber hand illusion� and how it works; b) What are the potential underlying mechanisms? c) What does this illusion tell us about spatial attention across the senses?