cutaneous rabbit illusion

noun

A tactile illusion where tapping separate regions of a person's skin in rapid succession (e.g. the elbow and the forearm) gives the impression of sequential taps "hopping" from one point to the next, even though the intermediate points were never touched.

Similar
CREcutaneous rabbit effectcutaneous saltation
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Meanings

noun
  1. A tactile illusion where tapping separate regions of a person's skin in rapid succession (e.g. the elbow and the forearm) gives the impression of sequential taps "hopping" from one point to the next, even though the intermediate points were never touched.

    Synonyms: CRE, cutaneous rabbit effect, cutaneous saltation

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tactile illusion where tapping separate regions of a person's skin in rapid succession (e.g. the elbow and the forearm) gives the impression of sequential taps "hopping" from one point to the next, even though the intermediate points were never touched.

Similar
CREcutaneous rabbit effectcutaneous saltation
Also see
cutaneous rabbit effect
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