Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 6

The experience of sensations from a limb that has been amputated is called the (a) _____ phenomenon. About 70-80% of patients report sensations of intense pain coming from limbs that have been amputated. A recent explanation of phantom limb sensations is that they arise from the brain's genetically programmed system of sensations that allows the brain to know the locations of all the body's (b) _____.