The term “phantom limb” is often thrown around to describe the subtle sensation of something felt but not seen, but few people realize how disorienting the syndrome can be. For more than half of all ...

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Kinect hacks are a dime a dozen these days, but this one has a health-care twist. A hacker named Benjamin Blundell is using a Kinect, a set of VR goggles, and some gyroscopes to help treat patients ...

Explore how phantom limb syndrome affects amputees, altering brain perception of missing limbs and leading to painful sensations. has shown that people can twist those ghostly limbs in anatomically ...

Discover phantom limb syndrome, where patients feel sensations in limbs that aren't there, like a phantom right hand and more. , suggests the brain have an innate, hard-wired template for body image ...

An amputee receives mirror therapy. Source: Donna Miles/Air Force Photos By Alexander Metz Searching for Explanations In recent years, and particularly with the advent of things like neuroimaging, ...

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Ghost in the Machine -- 2.Characterizing Phantoms: Features of Phantom Limb Syndrome -- 3.From Pleasure to Pain: Accounting for the Rise and Fall in ...

ATLANTA - Gene Hull knows his right arm is gone. But tell that to his brain. "I feel my arm constantly," Hull says. Like, I feel it right now." The 53-year old Columbus Fire Department Captain's ...

Researchers in Switzerland have described a unique phantom limb in a 64-year-old woman who experienced a stroke. The limb appeared from the elbow of the patient's paralyzed left arm on the fourth day ...