Phantom sensations, phantom pain – Vilayanur Ramachandran: A journey to the center of your mind

Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what neurological observations can reveal about the connection between cerebral tissue and the mind, using three startling problems as examples.

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Wolf Schweitzer: swisswuff.ch - Phantom sensations, phantom pain – Vilayanur Ramachandran: A journey to the center of your mind; published 14/10/2009, 00:34; URL: https://www.swisswuff.ch/tech/?p=226.

BibTeX 1: @MISC{schweitzer_wolf_1745987081, author = {Wolf Schweitzer}, title = {{swisswuff.ch - Phantom sensations, phantom pain – Vilayanur Ramachandran: A journey to the center of your mind}}, month = {October}, year = {2009}, url = {https://www.swisswuff.ch/tech/?p=226}

BibTeX 2: @MISC{schweitzer_wolf_1745987081, author = {Wolf Schweitzer}, title = {{Phantom sensations, phantom pain – Vilayanur Ramachandran: A journey to the center of your mind}}, howpublished = {Technical Below Elbow Amputee Issues}, month = {October}, year = {2009}, url = {https://www.swisswuff.ch/tech/?p=226} }