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"This study opens up new possibilities for the development of prosthetic limbs. It suggests that athe rubber hand illusion could be reproduced using an artificial limb equipped with tactile fingertip sensors connected to an array of stimulators on the stump. When an object is touched with the prosthesis, the tactile stimulus would instantaneously be transmitted to the stump, thus tricking the brain into processing that information as coming from the artificial finger. The illusion would make the user feel that they "own" the prosthesis (i.e. that it is a part of their body), and the sensory feedback from it would enable them to better control it."
Neurophilosophy : Rubber hand feels real for amputees http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2008/12/rubber_hand_feels_r...
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