Our body is made of flesh and bones. We know it, and in our daily lives all the senses constantly provide converging information about this simple, factual truth. But is this always the case? Here we report a surprising bodily illusion demonstrating that humans rapidly update their assumptions about the material qualities of their body, based on their recent multisensory perceptual experience.
Master Tate I am currently reading a book called The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge that is very relevant to the theme of this blog and may interest other readers of your blog who would like to learn more about the brain and advances that are being made in Brain Science…..and not a difficult read either 🙂 (Likely available in your local library)
Ta – read it when it first came out. you might also be interested in –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3TQopnNXBU
and Jill Bolte Taylor –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU