Revealing the invisible: The paradox of picturing a phantom limb

Brain

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 960-969

  Schott, G D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deafferentation; illustration; miracle; perception; phantom limb

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BRAIN CORTEX; DEAFFERENTATION; DRAWING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMB AMPUTATION; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGES; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION; PHANTOM PAIN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; VISION;

DEAFFERENTATION; ILLUSTRATION; MIRACLE; PERCEPTION; PHANTOM LIMB;

HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PHANTOM LIMB;

EID: 84894552484     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt244     Document Type: Article

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