Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In Head Trip, PopSci explores the relationship between our brains ...
The brain’s sense of “this is my body” is tightly bound to conscious awareness – far more than many theories assume.
Mice have been shown to experience an artificial sense of limb ownership, similar to the famous "rubber-hand illusion" in humans. "The rubber hand illusion is a staple of the study of body ...
A world-famous psychological experiment used to help explain the brain's understanding of the body, as well as scores of clinical disorders, has been dismissed as not fit-for-purpose in a new academic ...
Obsessive compulsive disorder wreaks havoc on the lives of approximately two to three percent of the world’s population. But despite its prevalence, one of the most-common treatments for the condition ...
Proprioception, or the sense of how our body and limbs are positioned, is central to our self-concept. Damage to the proprioceptive system can have devastating effects on the ability to coordinate ...
A world-famous psychological experiment used to help explain the brain's understanding of the body, as well as scores of clinical disorders, has been dismissed as not fit-for-purpose in a new academic ...
If functionality of the brain's amygdala is impaired, illusory perceptions arise much faster and more pronounced. This was discovered by a team of researchers led by the University of Bonn, who ...
Proprioception, or the sense of how our body and limbs are positioned, is central to our self-concept. Damage to the proprioceptive system can have devastating effects on the ability to coordinate ...
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