You are here: › › Scientists work their magic on ‘shrunken finger illusion’ Info Scientists work their magic on ‘shrunken finger illusion’ What happens when you rest a chopped ping pong ball on your finger and look at it from above? Experimental psychologists from KU Leuven have shown that our visual system fills in the bottom part of the ball, even if we know it’s missing. This makes our finger feel unusually short, as if to compensate for the ‘complete’ ball. The findings indicate that the completion is due to our visual system, not our imagination. Schematic representation of the ‘shrunken finger illusion’. Our visual system tricks us into seeing a complete ball. As a result, our finger feels unusually short. | © Current Biology 31 March 2016 What happens when you rest a chopped ping po
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