Wednesday, December 3, 2014

The missing limb

This post is about a woman with a phantom limb. After losing limbs many people experience pain in the spot where the old limb used to be. This pain can be frustrating and even incurable sometimes. A few different techniques have been tried but doctors are still unsure about the cause. One popular technique is the mirror trick. Here is an example of a woman using It..
http://youtu.be/rzSS7wOpIwY

2 comments:

  1. It's really cool that you chose this to write about, my group did a presentation on this! Such an interesting topic!

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  2. It's interesting to see how the neurons in the brain keep firing even after the limb has been amputated.

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