The invisible hand illusion: Multisensory integration leads to the embodiment of a discrete volume of empty space

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1078-1099

  Guterstam, Arvid ^a   Gentile, Giovanni ^a   Ehrsson, H Henrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INVISIBLE HAND ILLUSION; MALE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSATION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 84878399373     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00393     Document Type: Article

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