The illusion of owning a third arm

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Guterstam, Arvid ^a   Petkova, Valeria I ^a   Ehrsson, H Henrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TOUCH; ARM; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LIMB PROSTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARM; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952033322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017208     Document Type: Article

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