In A Nutshell For the first time in humans, scientists decoded intended movements across all three joints of a missing leg, ...

When a person loses a leg above the knee, the nerves that once moved that leg don’t simply go quiet. They keep firing.

The brain holds a "map" of the body that remains unchanged even after a limb has been amputated, contrary to the prevailing view that it rearranges itself to compensate for the loss, according to new ...

Inside every human brain lies a detailed map of the body, with different regions dedicated to different body parts – the hands, lips, feet and more. But what happens to this map when a body part is ...

After amputation of an arm, most amputees report vivid and continuous sensations of their missing limb. Some can even move their missing hand as if it were still there. For many amputees, though, ...

Phantom limb pain remains one of the most challenging sequelae following upper limb amputation, characterised by the persistent sensation of pain in the absent limb. This phenomenon is believed to ...

A rare circulatory problem required Emily Wheldon to have her left arm amputated three years ago. Her brain still thinks it's there. "Most days, it just feels like I've got my arm next to me," she ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...