The rubber arm thing is interesting. It's much like the mirror boxes used to stimulate phantom limbs, and by doing this patients can relax phantom limbs that ar

The rubber arm thing is interesting. It's much like the mirror boxes used to stimulate phantom limbs, and by doing this patients can relax phantom limbs that are permanently 'tensed'. This was created by a doctor VS Ramachandran. He wrote a few books, they're somewhat pop Sci but include a fair bit of in depth knowledge. His book Phantoms in the Brain covers a lot of this. Another book of his, The Tell Tale Brain, is a bit more general but it's also a fascinating looking at how the physical brain and consciousness intersect, especially in regards to disease