Von dem Phänomen der “Gummihand-Illusion” habe ich vor kurzem bei dradio.de etwas gelesen. Auf langweildedicht.net habe ich dann danach das heutige Video entdeckt. Faszinierend, wie das menschliche Gehirn funktioniert.

“In the rubber hand illusion (RHI) [...] human participants view a dummy hand being stroked with a paintbrush, while they feel a series of identical brushstrokes applied to their own hand, which is hidden from view. If this visual and tactile information is applied synchronously, and if the visual appearance and position of the dummy hand is similar to one’s own hand, then people may feel that the touches on their own hand are coming from the dummy hand, and even that the dummy hand is, in some way, their own hand.” Quelle: Wikipedia

Vokabeltipps:
dummy: unecht, Attrappe
to stroke: streicheln
tactile: fühlbar, tastbar