Phantom limb sensations occur in amputees because of a persistent body map maintained by the brain, researchers say Results show this map remains the same for years after an amputation A robotic limb ...

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, ...

We've all heard the expression "I know it like the back of my hand." But just how well do we really understand our relationship to our hands, our legs, or any of our other various body parts? Dr. V.S.

(Reuters Health) - Virtual reality games designed for amputees to experience movement in missing limbs might help reduce painful sensations from the absent body part, a small experiment suggests. Most ...

Veterans living with an amputation are getting a chance to use virtual reality in a way they likely had never imagined. A clinical trial of a therapy to alleviate phantom limb pain is underway at The ...

Amputees experiencing painful phantom limb sensations may be able to find some relief in a novel therapeutic approach incorporating visual and tactile sensory technologies. In recent paper published ...

Up to 90 percent of people who have lost a limb continue to have pain where the arm or leg used to be. It's called phantom limb pain, and it can be debilitating. James Wolf lost part of his right leg ...

A team of researchers based in Italy and Switzerland discovered that amputees can feel temperature changes in their phantom limb. For instance, if there’s a heat source pressed to the residual limb, ...

Alexander Metz is a guest blogger. He is a Creative Writing and Philosophy Major from Oberlin College. We have always been obsessed with the phantasmagorical. Almost every culture on Earth has some ...

Close to the Ackland Art Museum's entrance, a new gallery stands with over fifteen art pieces. These pieces range in medium and presentation, from a painted traffic cone standing near the exhibit’s ...