他和他的合作者Patrick Haggard，让实验对象把他们的左手放到一个平台上(不同小组使用不用的方向)，然后盖上一个板子，让手看不清。

He and his coauthor, Patrick Haggard, had subjects place their left hand on a platform (using different orientations in different groups), which was then covered with a board to obscure the hand.

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It's not a question of deferring to authority in that sense.

这不是一个在那种层面上尊崇作者权威的问题。

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