The toolish hand illusion: embodiment of a tool based on similarity with the hand

Abstract A tool can function as a body part yet not feel like one: Putting down a fork after dinner does not feel like losing a hand. However, studies show fake body-parts are embodied and experienced as parts of oneself. Typically, embodiment illusions have only been reported when the fake body-par...

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Main Authors: Lucilla Cardinali, Alessandro Zanini, Russell Yanofsky, Alice C. Roy, Frédérique de Vignemont, Jody C. Culham, Alessandro Farnè
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81706-6