Octopuses fall for the rubber hand illusion just like us
Plain-body octopuses can be duped into thinking a fake arm is their own Sumire Kawashima and Yuzuru Ikeda/the University of the Ryukyus Just like humans, octopuses can be fooled by an illusion that makes them think a fake arm is actually theirs. First demonstrated in the late 1990s, the rubber hand illusion involves hiding a…
