> <i>In that illusion, people hide one hand in their lap and look at a rubber hand set on a table in front of them. As a researcher strokes the real hand and the rubber hand simultaneously with a stick, people have the vivid sense that the rubber hand is their own.<p>> When the rubber hand is whacked with a hammer, people wince and sometimes cry out.</i><p>That's not an out-of-body experience. That's called "oh shit I can't see my hand and he's about to smash it with a hammer!"