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Scientists Achieve Mental Body-Swapping

Posted by kdawson on from the put-yourself-in-my-place dept.

SpaceAdmiral notes the news that scientists have succeeded in convincing experiment subjects that a mannequin's body is their own, and even feeling at home in the body of someone of the opposite sex. The effect could prove useful in virtual reality applications and in robot technology. Here's the paper on PLoS ONE.

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  1. Re:Ghost in the Shell by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 4, Funny

    /cry

    Please don't introduce thoughts like this into my brain when talking about hot female characters... I'll never be able to look at her the same way again!

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  2. Re:Quite a letdown... by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    perhaps now that you have that insight you can "mentally swap" the disappointment I'm feeling.

    Hey, good news! You've succeeded!

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  3. Amazing waste of time and money by baggins2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, how many of us guys haven't already realized that we're just lesbians trapped in male bodies.

    So I'm gay, get over it.

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  4. Re:Quite a letdown... by CaptainPatent · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, good news! You've succeeded!

    I think we're on to something!

    Tomorrow's headline:
    Article misrepresenting "mental body swapping" leads to mental body swapping!

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  5. Re:Quite a letdown... by brian0918 · · Score: 5, Funny

    After reading the article they were just simultaneously poking people with sticks...

    One experiment involved using the researchers themselves. Another experiment used mannequins found in the dumpster behind a department store. They also mention using chairs and blocks of wood as test equipment. Is it just me, or does it sound like scientific research in Sweden is ridiculously underfunded?

  6. Aperture Science by KumquatOfSolace · · Score: 5, Funny
    "It did not work when a non-humanoid object -- such as a chair or large block -- was used."

    No hope for test subjects who over-identify with Weighted Companion Cube.

  7. Re:Ghost in the Shell by Ultra64 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first one is your typical hyper-complicated (to make it seem intelligent when it is in fact simply ridiculous)...

    You *could* just admit you didn't understand it rather than whining about it.

  8. Over-reaching headline by frenchgates · · Score: 4, Funny

    On April fools day they should run only stories that would exist in a comic book world. The ones we slashdotters keep waiting for...

    "Scientist successfully places human brain in Ape"
    "Safe and inexpensive teleportation now available"

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  9. Re:Quite a letdown... by popeye44 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You just gave "Reach Around" a whole new meaning in my mental dictionary.

    Thanks!

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  10. Re:Ghost in the Shell by genner · · Score: 4, Funny

    I do understand it.

    The problem is that it makes no sense,

    Lol.
    Do you have that on a T-shirt?
    You could make a fortune selling them if you got Paris Hilton to model one.

  11. Re:Quite a letdown... by Cornflake917 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The one I have done involves sitting behind someone, eyes closed, and having your nose stroked (by a third party) while you stroke someone else's nose in front of you. After a few seconds, your brain "clicks" and you feel like you have an incredibly long nose.

    Now I know what to do to feel like I have an incredibly long penis. But I'm not quite sure if it's worth it.

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