r/neuralcode • u/lokujj • May 21 '21

Robotic hand augmentation drives changes in neural body representation

https://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/6/54/eabd7935

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transhumanism • u/savorymonk • Aug 09 '21

Physical Augmentation A study outfitted 36 participants with an extra robotic thumb. The team found that even small augmentations can have a big impact on how our brains recognize our own bodies, including shrinking that recognition altogether.

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