Concept
The rubber hand
The self's boundary demonstrated rather than argued: two agreeing sensory streams relocate body ownership onto an object within about a minute, complete with protective flinch. Stated narrowly — it shows the minimal self is an assembled model that updates on evidence, not that character is arbitrary.
Where it appears
Treated in
- Part Four — The Ground UnderneathThe Psychology of the Woven SelfThe experiencing self, the remembering self, and the observing self — three research traditions converging on a self that was always assembled.