Inducing a virtual hand ownership illusion through a brain-computer interface. Neuroreport. 2009 Apr 22;20(6):589-594 Authors: Perez-Marcos D, Slater M, Sanchez-Vives MV The apparently stable brain representation of our bodies is easily challenged. We have recently shown that the illusion of ownership of a three-dimensional virtual hand can be evoked through synchronous tactile stimulation of a person's hidden real hand and that of the virtual hand. This reproduces the well-known rubber-hand illusion, but in virtual reality. Here we show that some aspects of the illusion can also...

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