Sentence examples for illusory limb from inspiring English sources

Thus EBA activity also reflected interindividual differences in the experienced intensity of illusory limb ownership.

The often used measure of proprioceptive drift [6] cannot be used for cases where the illusory limb and the real limb appear to be aligned in personal space.

Stimulation of the right TPJ in one neurosurgical candidate produced not only out of body experiences, but also illusory limb shortening (Blanke et al. 2002).

Baier and Karnath (2008) reported an intimate link between a tendency to deny the existence of a hemiparesis and a disturbed sense of ownership for the affect limb, further identifying illusory body movements in a subset (5 out of 11) of individuals.

Splayed across an illusory black-and-white backdrop, animatronic limbs wiggle and wag, creating an unsettling combination of the real and the synthetic.

In conclusion, our study has introduced a novel version of the rubber-hand illusion in which converging multisensory input from both sides of the body suffices to change the feeling of limb ownership and to elicit illusory tactile sensations on an un-stimulated limb.

Individuals with damage to this region (it can be on either the right or left side) can have vivid or realistic feelings of floating, flying, body rotation or they may feel as though their limbs are transformed (e.g. illusory shortening) or are moving.

The irony, Musco points out, is that the image is actually made from thousands of photos of human limbs and torsos, collaged together á la Vik Muniz' illusory installation, Album, which involved grafting dozens of pictures together to create brand new landscapess.

Feinberg, Roane, and Ali (2000) showed a similar proportion of illusory movements and, further, reported that such illusions could be provoked by instructions to move the affected limb.

Experts now think the illusory sounds are actually the result of faulty signal processing in the brain, very much like the phantom limb pains that can arise after an amputation.

Quick solutions are illusory.