Why Scientists Bullied This Octopus
In the 1990s, scientists ran an experiment on people using a fake rubber hand. They found that they could trick your brain into believing that the rubber hand was part of your body...
It’s a fun party trick, but it also teaches us about how our brains evolved.
Since then researchers have been able to replicate the experiment on other mammals and recently… an octopus.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.05.017
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It’s a fun party trick, but it also teaches us about how our brains evolved.
Since then researchers have been able to replicate the experiment on other mammals and recently… an octopus.
Subscribe to learn more!
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.05.017
#shorts #science #illusion #neuroscience #experiment
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