The rubber hand illusion and its application to clinical neuroscience

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1596-1601

  Ramakonar, Hari ^a   Franz, Elizabeth A ^b   Lind, Christopher R P ^a,c  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amputees; Artificial limbs; Body image; Electric stimulation therapy; Illusions; Proprioception; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LIMB AMPUTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUBBER HAND ILLUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMPUTEES; BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; PHANTOM LIMB; PROPRIOCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 82155162444     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.05.008     Document Type: Review

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