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BRAIN GAMES
Your brain uses your u sense of touch to figure out where your nose is. When the sensations s from touching your friend’s n nose interfere with the h messages from touching n r your own nose, your y , brain begins to think your o nose has grown to where your friend’s nose is!
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Pinocchio nose Ever wondered what it would be like to have a nose as long as Pinocchio’s? Try this and find out. Step 1 Blindfold yourself and then r stand behind a friend. Step 2 With one hand, reach around to tap and rub a your friend’s nose. Exactly copy your o movements with your other hand n on your own nose. After a short time, you u should start to o feel that your friend’s nose is yours. s That
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riend to put one foot r a pile of books or d repeat the test.
Y Sometimes your brain has a mind of its own. It can stop you from doing something that you want to do or make you feel things that are not actually there. Try the following experiments and witness for yourself the mysterious brain at work. Step 2 Now ask your fr on a low step (o magazines) and
BOD Hard to resist This test demonstrates one of the many ways the brain defends the body from possible harm—only in this case, there is no harm at all. Step 1 Ask a friend to stretch an arm out straight. Then ask him or her to resist you as you press down on his or her wrist with two fingers— your friend will be able to resist the force you are exerting on his or her arm. h
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