The Anne Boleyn Illusion is a six-fingered salute to sensory remapping

The Anne Boleyn Illusion exploits the somatotopic representation of touch to create the illusion of an extra digit and demonstrates the instantaneous remapping of relative touch location into body-based coordinates through visuo-tactile integration. Performed successfully on thousands, it is also a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Newport, Roger, Wong, Dominic Y., Howard, Ellen M., Silver, Eden
Format: Article
Published: SAGE Publications 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37281/
_version_ 1848795425861009408
author Newport, Roger
Wong, Dominic Y.
Howard, Ellen M.
Silver, Eden
author_facet Newport, Roger
Wong, Dominic Y.
Howard, Ellen M.
Silver, Eden
author_sort Newport, Roger
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
collection Online Access
description The Anne Boleyn Illusion exploits the somatotopic representation of touch to create the illusion of an extra digit and demonstrates the instantaneous remapping of relative touch location into body-based coordinates through visuo-tactile integration. Performed successfully on thousands, it is also a simple demonstration of the flexibility of body representations for use at public events, in schools or in the home and can be implemented anywhere by anyone with a mirror and some degree of bimanual coordination.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T19:31:53Z
format Article
id nottingham-37281
institution University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T19:31:53Z
publishDate 2016
publisher SAGE Publications
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling nottingham-372812020-05-04T18:10:19Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37281/ The Anne Boleyn Illusion is a six-fingered salute to sensory remapping Newport, Roger Wong, Dominic Y. Howard, Ellen M. Silver, Eden The Anne Boleyn Illusion exploits the somatotopic representation of touch to create the illusion of an extra digit and demonstrates the instantaneous remapping of relative touch location into body-based coordinates through visuo-tactile integration. Performed successfully on thousands, it is also a simple demonstration of the flexibility of body representations for use at public events, in schools or in the home and can be implemented anywhere by anyone with a mirror and some degree of bimanual coordination. SAGE Publications 2016-09-21 Article PeerReviewed Newport, Roger, Wong, Dominic Y., Howard, Ellen M. and Silver, Eden (2016) The Anne Boleyn Illusion is a six-fingered salute to sensory remapping. i-Perception, 7 (5). ISSN 2041-6695 multisensory illusions; body representation; touch; remapping; public engagement http://ipe.sagepub.com/content/7/5/2041669516669732 doi:10.1177/2041669516669732 doi:10.1177/2041669516669732
spellingShingle multisensory illusions; body representation; touch; remapping; public engagement
Newport, Roger
Wong, Dominic Y.
Howard, Ellen M.
Silver, Eden
The Anne Boleyn Illusion is a six-fingered salute to sensory remapping
title The Anne Boleyn Illusion is a six-fingered salute to sensory remapping
title_full The Anne Boleyn Illusion is a six-fingered salute to sensory remapping
title_fullStr The Anne Boleyn Illusion is a six-fingered salute to sensory remapping
title_full_unstemmed The Anne Boleyn Illusion is a six-fingered salute to sensory remapping
title_short The Anne Boleyn Illusion is a six-fingered salute to sensory remapping
title_sort anne boleyn illusion is a six-fingered salute to sensory remapping
topic multisensory illusions; body representation; touch; remapping; public engagement
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37281/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37281/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37281/