New evidence counters the conventional wisdom that limb amputation leads to reorganization of the map the brain uses to track the body’s location. When researchers compared three patients before and ...

Brain Map Explains Phantom Limb Pain, Hints At Improved Prosthetics By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Aug. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Phantom limb” pain has been a curious aftereffect of ...

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 ...

Emily Wheldon was one of the participants in the study Researchers behind a new study into phantom limb pain believe it could change how the phenomenon is treated. The universities of Cambridge and ...

Researchers behind a new study into phantom limb pain believe it could change how the phenomenon is treated. The universities of Cambridge and Pittsburgh followed three people due to have one of their ...

Phantom limb pain (PLP) occurs when one feels sensations or pain in an amputated limb even though it is no longer there. The limb may be gone, but the brain continues to receive signals from the ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers found that the brain’s control center for a lost appendage can persist long after surgical amputation, which stands in stark contrast to longstanding theories ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found that 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 ...

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Ghost in the Machine -- 2.Characterizing Phantoms: Features of Phantom Limb Syndrome -- 3.From Pleasure to Pain: Accounting for the Rise and Fall in ...