People with a weak sense of self are more likely to claim a fake hand

Your sense of self is supposed to be the one thing you can count on. It is stable, personal, and it’s yours. Psychologists even have a term for how clearly and firmly you hold it – self-concept clarity – and they can measure it with a simple questionnaire. People who score high carry a consistent inner picture of who they are. People who score low feel more uncertain about themselves, their values, and their personality from one day to the next.

People with a weak sense of self are more likely to claim a fake hand. Your sense of self is supposed to be the one thing you can count on. It is stable, personal, and it’s yours. Psychologists even have a term for how clearly and firmly you hold it – self-concept clarity – and they can measure it with a simple questionnaire. People who score high carry a consistent inner picture of who they are. People who score low feel more uncertain about themselves, their values, and their personality from one day to the next. New research suggests that uncertainty extends beyond identity alone. People who score low on self-concept clarity also seem less certain about something even more fundamental: where their own body ends and the outside world begins. The fake hand test Researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, tested this using a cla...