Crossing fingers and pain - Huffpost UK

Here a piece in the Huffpost UK on our research on the Aristotle Illusion and Pain.

(cit.) Lead researcher Dr Elisa Ferre, from University College London, said: “Our results showed that a simple spatial pattern determined the burning heat sensation. When the cold finger was positioned in between the two warm fingers, it felt burningly hot. When the cold finger was moved to an outside position, the burning sensation was reduced. The brain seemed to use the spatial arrangement of all three stimuli to produce the burning heat sensation on just one finger.”