Resumen de Seeing a virtual body raises your pain threshold
Looking at a virtual body may be a useful way to relieve pain. Maria Sanchez-Vives at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and her team have found that if you get the position right looking at a virtual representation of your body can also reduce pain. The team used a variation on the classic rubber hand illusion, in which a person's real hand is hidden and a rubber hand is placed next to it. Stroking both the real and rubber hands with paint brushes convinces the person that the rubber hand is their own.
