Non-Amputees Experience Phantom Limb Sensation

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Non-amputated individuals can actually experience the illusion of having a phantom hand, according to a new study in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. The research was conducted by neuroscientists at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden who explained that the sensation of having a physical body is not as obvious as some people may assume. Nearly all patients who have had an arm or leg amputated feel a phantom limb - a realistic sensation that the missing limb is still attached to the body...
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