{"id":1131,"date":"2011-02-26T23:21:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T05:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2011-02-26T23:21:54","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T05:21:54","slug":"brain-seems-to-believe-three-arms-are-better-than-one-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/brain-seems-to-believe-three-arms-are-better-than-one-study-says.html","title":{"rendered":"Brain Seems To Believe Three Arms Are Better Than One, Study Says"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>In a fascinating\u00a0piece of brain research, Swedish scientists have been able to convince\u00a0people that they have three arms.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2011\/02\/24\/6118219-need-a-hand-scientists-convince-people-they-have-3-arms\">http:\/\/bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2011\/02\/24\/6118219-need-a-hand-scientists-convince-people-they-have-3-arms<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The new study consisted of five experiments on 154 men and women, and the research was conducted at\u00a0\u00a0the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Scientists had the test participants sit with their right arm on a table, and their left arm\u00a0hidden.<\/p>\r\n<p>A prosthetic right hand was placed next to the person&#8217;s real hand, while a piece of material\u00a0was draped over the participant&#8217;s right shoulder covering everything\u00a0but the forearms of both the artificial and real right arms. If a test participant\u00a0looked at their right hand, it looked like they had two of them.<\/p>\r\n<p>In\u00a0one of the tests, scientists\u00a0stroked the fingers of the real right hand and the fake one\u00a0at the same time with\u00a0different paint brushes.\u00a0During the test, participants were told to look at the fake hand. Afterward, the participants said they had felt like they had two right hands.<\/p>\r\n<p>Scientists explained that the brain has the ability &#8220;to experience an extra third arm,&#8221; according to MSNBC.com. 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And what happens is that the brain accepts both hands.<\/p>\r\n<p>This odd research may have a pracical application, according to MSNBC.com.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;The findings, for example, may benefit stroke patients who need an artificial\u00a0arm\u00a0because one side of their body is paralyzed,&#8221; the website reported. &#8220;Scientists would better understand how patients can control this extra arm\u00a0and experience it as their own.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a fascinating\u00a0piece of brain research, Swedish scientists have been able to convince\u00a0people that they have three arms. http:\/\/bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2011\/02\/24\/6118219-need-a-hand-scientists-convince-people-they-have-3-arms The new study consisted of five experiments on 154 men and women, and the research was conducted at\u00a0\u00a0the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. 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