Why The Rubber Hand Changes Reality
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The brain can insist it feels a hand that isn't there: the Rubber Hand Illusion. Normally, vision and touch align without conflict. When brushes sync on fake and real hands, touch and sight collide. Focusing on the fake hand shifts the real hand's felt position about 2.5 cm toward it. The McGurk effect fuses lips forming 'ga' with a hidden 'ba' sound into a new heard word in the brain. When signals clash, perception reaches a tipping point, neither sight nor sound alone. These paradoxes show how the brain's shortcuts reshape sensed reality under conflicting cues. Follow for one real science fact every day.
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Topic: Sensory Paradoxes
Created: 2026-03-07 10:11:19
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