title: The cutaneous "rabbit": a perceptual illusion.
abstract: Anomalous localizations of mechanical and electrical cutaneous pulses are produced when widely separated bodily points are successively stimulated with trains of taps. The observer experiences a manifold of discrete "phantom" impressions connecting the points actually touched. The theoretical basis for this perceptual phenomenon is not understood, but some boundary conditions are specified.
mesh_terms: D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D014110:Touch