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PKU Researchers Find the Human Brain Flexible in Adapting to New Limbs (newsen.pku.edu.cn)

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[–] dustletter@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

There have been more impressive studies showing adaptation to completely new limbs like an extra thumb or a tail but this seems like it was more focused on pinning down the brain structures responsible.
I wonder if you could trigger a rubber wing illusion this way?

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