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Case Studies by Ramachandran of Amputees Who Experience Pain in Missing

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Case studies by Ramachandran of amputees who experience pain in missing limbs together with research on the mapping of the body onto the brain's somatosensory strip suggest that:


A) the brain shows little plasticity and cannot relearn to not feel the missing limb.
B) the brain can create a representation of parts of the body that may be activated when a limb is amputated.
C) nerve endings from the missing limb continue to send pain signals to the brain so the amputee feels the missing limb.
D) the experience of phantom limb sensations provides good support for mind-body dualism.

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