Hack your Brain

Did you know you can convince you're brain that a fake hand is actually your hand? I didn't either, this article on Boston.com talks about all the weird things you can convince you're brain to think just by doing something simple. I think its really interesting to think about how much out imagination can be used to change our perception of something. Although in all of these examples you would be imagining that something is happening like your arm has been replaced or your nose has grown extremely long you would perceive it as if it were completely real. The link is below, the article is really short sufficiently weird/interesting to justify taking a few minutes to read.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/graphics/011109_hacking_your_brain/