The rubber-hand illusion has been most frequently demonstrated in
A) healthy volunteers.
B) patients with auditory cortex damage.
C) patients with somatosensory cortex damage.
D) patients who feel no pain.
E) amputees.

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The rubber-hand illusion is most frequently demonstrated in healthy volunteers. This is because the illusion requires intact sensory systems in order for the brain to integrate the visual and tactile sensory input. Patients with damage to their somatosensory cortex (C) or auditory cortex damage (B) may not experience the illusion as strongly because they have altered sensory processing. Patients who feel no pain (D) and amputees (E) may also not experience the rubber-hand illusion in the same way as healthy volunteers due to changes in sensory processing and body representation.

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