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Researchers Identify Phantom Limb Brain Activity

Posted by kdawson on from the little-bit-to-the-left dept.

mmmscience writes "Researchers in Switzerland think they had identified the regions of the brain responsible for creating phantom limbs and the senses that go along with them. Scientists studied a stroke victim who claimed that the phantom limb of her now-paralyzed left arm could do a number of things a normal limb could do, including 'scratch an itch on her head, with an actual sense of relief.'"

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  1. But what Slashdotters really need to know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you masturbate with a phantom limb?

    1. Re:But what Slashdotters really need to know... by Hangingcurve · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you use the left part of your brain, it feels like someone else is doing it.

    2. Re:But what Slashdotters really need to know... by Fumus · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Look! No hands!"

  2. Re:Like Gil "The Arm" by mikelieman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or like -- The Phantom Limb!

    "He wears a lot of purple for a white guy. ..."

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