Science of self: In a series of Lynne Malcolm's favourite All in the Mind programs

All In The Mind

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Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Science

4.4 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Scientists and philosophers have been perplexed by our sense of the self for millennia. Now, by investigating neurological conditions which disrupt the self—such as body identity disorder, schizophrenia, and the doppelganger effect—neuroscience is finding new clues.

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0:00.0	This is an ABC podcast.
0:06.4	Hi, Lynne Malcolm here on RN.
0:09.7	As you may have heard, I'm leaving the ABC and my role as host on All In The Mind.
0:16.0	To mark the past nine years, we're bringing you a selection of highlight programs until the new
0:22.1	All In The Mind host joins you next year.
0:26.0	Today a program from December 2016, the strange new science of the self.
0:32.4	Okay, Lynne, so your left hand is in normal position.
0:37.3	You can't actually see your right hand because it's behind the screen.
0:40.3	And in front of you, I've put a rubber prosthetic hand.
0:45.3	Now, what I'm going to do is show you how malleable your sense of body is.
0:51.3	I'm going to start brushing,king your right index finger at exactly the
0:58.5	same time as rubber finger.
1:00.7	Right now you're feeling touch on your right hand but after a minute or so you'll start
1:05.3	to feel.
1:06.3	Oh that feels very strange.
1:07.3	I'm starting to feel it in that hand.
1:10.2	You feel that I'm touching you on the rubber hand.
1:13.6	Yeah. Very strange.
1:15.6	Now, I get you to quickly close your eyes and point to your index finger when you'll let you...
1:23.6	Oh, I got you hit my hand.
1:28.3	And the illusion is actually strong enough that if you threaten or strike this hand, you actually have a genuine physiological response.
1:37.3	That was very strong. My heart's going.
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