Sentences with phrase «phantom sensations»

When the body does «rewire» itself, the side effects may range from numbness, tingling or tremors to phantom sensations or random pain.

Evidence for this is the fact that 100 % of human amputees experience phantom sensations (80 % of them painful) for the rest of their lives, no matter how or when the amputation occurred — even as an infant, even with perfect surgical technique, and even with abundant post-op pain meds.

It sounds like you and your husband may be experiencing phantom sensations from being in a heightened state of awareness.

It is still unclear why phantom limb pain and other phantom sensations occur.

«These phantom sensations were more frequent when the participants» hand position matched the video hand's.

People who lose an arm or a leg often experience phantom sensations, as if the missing limb were still there.

The exact cause of phantom limb pain and other phantom sensations is yet unknown.

But the sensation of touch could not be transferred by visual stimuli alone: when the reflected arm belonged to a research assistant, poking the assistant's hand did not produce a phantom sensation.

It is assumed some dogs feel a phantom sensation in the limbs much like an amputee.)

Not exact matches

Like a phantom limb, I get these fake sensations of my milk letting down ALL THE TIME.

We wondered whether touch sensations in the phantom arm could be influenced by visual input.

It's a phantom limb kind of sensation.

«One possibility is that phantom limb sensation is partially due to expectation,» he says.

It may also provide an alternative explanation for the «phantom limb» sensation sometimes experienced by amputees.

Researchers have long known that simply viewing an image of an amputee's intact foot or arm in a mirror can sometimes help relieve phantom pain, as if the brain's sense of self adjusts its conflicting sensations about the missing limb.

Another patient, called RL, could only experience sensation in his phantom limb if the researchers were more devious.

Dr. Mowry compares some cases of tinnitus to phantom pain (or sensation perceived in a body part that's been amputated); when a patient is suffering from tinnitus from hearing loss, she explains, it may be that «their brain is trying to fill in missing information» with the phantom noise.

The sensation of «phantom pain», so to speak, ties into the Moby Dick references as well.

The most striking manifestation of this abnormal sensation is called «phantom scratching».

Just as a human following an amputation has phantom pain or a sensation that the missing limb is still there, cats will feel like their claws are still there.

Wipeout persists as a utopian phantom consumed with aesthetic elegance and driven to exhibit a vivid sensation of speed.