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The illusions you linked to are different from the one Mr. Ishiguro describes. In those illusions, the person is actually being touched at the same time as see
by decode 16y ago
The illusions you linked to are different from the one Mr. Ishiguro describes. In those illusions, the person is actually being touched at the same time as seeing something being touched. In Mr. Ishiguro's case, he wasn't being touched at all, he only saw the touch happen.
- sp332 16y agoSorry, I forgot to double-check the specific links I posted. There is another step which they left out. I'll just describe the whole thing: 1. Hide your hand from yourself. 2. Have a friend tap/stroke your hidden hand and some other object that you can see. Use a synchronized, but arrhythmic pattern. Any object will do, even the surface of a table. 3. After 30 seconds to 1 minute, your brain will "connect" the object to the neural impulses. Now the friend should hit the object (but not your hand!) really hard. Your hand will feel tingly! There is a paper I can't find right now which documents that skin conductance actually changes, as if responding to being hit.