Can Our Brain Accept an Independent Additional Limb as Its Own? (IMAGE)
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Can the human brain think of an independent, artificial appendage as its own? While many studies have explored this question, the artificial limbs used in them have been operated by an existing limb. In a new study, researchers from Japan and France tested for how well a robotic “sixth finger” that can be operated independently of any other limbs was perceived as a body part, demonstrating that our brain can “own” even independent limbs.
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