Please can someone help explain the Pinnocchio Illusion?

  • Thread starter Thread starter some bloke
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Explain
AI Thread Summary
The Pinnocchio Illusion involves a sensory trick where blindfolded individuals touch their noses while vibrations are applied to their biceps, leading them to perceive their finger as moving and their nose as growing. This phenomenon highlights the brain's ability to create illusionary movement through muscle vibrations, suggesting that it is not limited to the bicep but may apply to other muscles as well. For those interested in exploring this topic further, resources on proprioception and self-experimentation methods are readily available online, providing accessible information and instructions for conducting related experiments.
some bloke
Messages
283
Reaction score
99
TL;DR Summary
I grasp the concept of the Pinnocchio Illsion but I am curious as to how it works?
The Pinnocchio Illusion is where you touch your nose whilst blindfolded and apply vibrations to your bicep, and this tricks your mind into thinking your finger is moving and therefore that your nose is growing.

I would like to learn more about this very specific phenomena, namely the ability to create illusionary movement through the application of vibrations to muscles. I assume that this is not specific to the bicep, and that the vibrations are simulating the bicep moving whilst relaxed - which makes your arm feel like it is extending.

Can anyone give me more reading on this? Or will this be an experiment job?
 
Biology news on Phys.org
Have you an accessible reference?
 
Ask Jiminy Cricket.
1647201220524.png
 
some bloke said:
Summary:: I grasp the concept of the Pinnocchio Illsion but I am curious as to how it works?

Can anyone give me more reading on this? Or will this be an experiment job?
Interesting phenomenon. Have you tried simply search for it? Seems that at least a basic description of it is easily found, including various ways to perform the experiment yourself.
 
See "proprioception."
 
  • Like
Likes jim mcnamara
I've been reading a bunch of articles in this month's Scientific American on Alzheimer's and ran across this article in a web feed that I subscribe to. The SA articles that I've read so far have touched on issues with the blood-brain barrier but this appears to be a novel approach to the problem - fix the exit ramp and the brain clears out the plaques. https://www.sciencealert.com/new-alzheimers-treatment-clears-plaques-from-brains-of-mice-within-hours The original paper: Rapid amyloid-β...
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-deadliest-spider-in-the-world-ends-lives-in-hours-but-its-venom-may-inspire-medical-miracles-48107 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versutoxin#Mechanism_behind_Neurotoxic_Properties https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028390817301557 (subscription or purchase requred) The structure of versutoxin (δ-atracotoxin-Hv1) provides insights into the binding of site 3 neurotoxins to the voltage-gated sodium channel...
Back
Top