Please can someone help explain the Pinnocchio Illusion?

[some bloke]

TL;DR

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?

 

[hutchphd]

Have you an accessible reference?

 

[Klystron]

Ask Jiminy Cricket.

 

[Filip Larsen]

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.

 

[Bystander]

See "proprioception."