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Science 13 October 1972:
Vol. 178. no. 4057, pp. 178 - 179
DOI: 10.1126/science.178.4057.178
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The Cutaneous "Rabbit": A Perceptual Illusion

Frank A. Geldard 1 and Carl E. Sherrick 1

1 Cutaneous Communication Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Anomalous localizations of mechanical and electrical cutaneous pulses are produced when widely separated bodily points are successively stimulated with trains of taps. The observer experiences a manifold of discrete "phantom" impressions connecting the points actually touched. The theoretical basis for this perceptual phenomenon is not understood, but some boundary conditions are specified.


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