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Article: Trick your brain.(Brief article)
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- African Business
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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A virtual reality system that can help amputees cope with phantom pain by giving them the illusion that their missing limb is still there has been developed by British scientists.
PLP (phantom limb pain) is a mysterious sensation experienced by amputees where the limb once was. According to Dr Craig Murray, head of the PLP project at the University of Manchester, the sensation is often painful, can ...
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