Rubber Hand Illusion Science Fair Project

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Rubber hand illusion science fair project. 8th grade science introduces new and interesting concepts and often includes a science fair open to the entire school. The idea for this project is by vince calder from his answer on the newton ask a scientist bulletin board. Study finds that the popular rubber hand illusion could be used to treat ocd new technique could provide an effective bridge to standard exposure therapy. Jennifer ouellette jan 20 2020 3 20 pm utc.

2 shows photographs of the setup. The experimental layout is shown in fig. When participants in the study confused a rubber hand for their own their hidden hands became half a degree colder. Retrieved march 25 2015.

Department of polymer science university of southern mississippi. Polymer science learning center. It s time to blind your students with science. To experience the rubber hand illusion you ll need a fake hand of some kind an inflated rubber glove will often do the trick a flat piece of cardboard and two.

These experiments are perfect to bring biology physics chemistry and more to life in the classroom. Researchers in italy performed the trick on a group of. The team s work was inspired by the classic rubber hand illusion devised by two princeton scientists in the 1990s you sit with your real hand under a table and out of sight while a rubber hand. Experiments with a fake body part have revealed how the brain becomes confused during a party trick known as the rubber hand illusion.

The effect was even more pronounced among people especially prone to the illusion. A photograph of the setup showing the box in which the left hand was hidden the fake hand the black occluder and the large mirror top right. They also make for really cool science fair projects.