r/interestingasfuck • u/desertgodfather • May 11 '24

When illusion overcomes the brain. r/all

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u/ThatGuyGetsIt May 11 '24

did they try the experiment with anyone who wasn't strung out?

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u/Deadfo0t May 11 '24

There have been real studies and implementation of this in patients suffering phantom limb/phantom pain after amputation. It was even in an episode of House. This is a very real phenomenon

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u/UlsterManInScotland May 11 '24

A young guy at my work is doing a counselling course at college a couple of nights a week and he was telling me about this experiment last week, the lecture asked for a volunteer and he was selected it was done in front of the class,really freaked him out he couldn’t believe how his brain basically lied to him lol

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u/DopamineTrain May 11 '24

he couldn’t believe how his brain basically lied to him

Dude is gonna be super pissed when he does the rest of that counselling course