Hand study reveals brain's distorted body model

Our brains contain a highly distorted model of our own bodies, according to new research by scientists at UCL (University College London). A study published today, which focussed on the brain's representation of the hand, found that our model of our bodies is out of sync with reality - with a strong tendency to think that the hands are shorter and fatter than their true shape.

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