Brain Activity Associated With Phantom Limbs, Study Shows
Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 21:35
in Biology & Nature
Phantom limbs, often described after amputation, are also experienced as an extra limb in patients who are paralyzed on one side following a stroke. Referred to as supernumerary phantom limb, patients can usually perceive these limbs as a vivid somatosensory presence of an extra limb, but generally cannot see or intentionally move them.