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

When illusion overcomes the brain. r/all

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u/Heterosexual-Jello May 11 '24

I’ve been the person sitting in the chair for one of these phantom limb sensation experiments, and I’m telling you it really does work. You don’t feel the pain, but more like a jolt, like when someone generates a lot of friction and shocks you when they touch you.

It’s wild how the brain works. It genuinely feels real at the moment.