Why Can You Feel Phantom Limbs When They Are Gone?

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Why Can You Feel Phantom Limbs When They Are Gone?

Joshua W. Pate explains the neuroscience behind why people can still feel phantom limbs in lifelike detail for TED-Ed.

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