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失去肢體的人通常會體驗到仍然擁有缺失的手臂或腿的感覺。事實上,幻肢現象已經激發了神經科學家們進行一系列獨立研究。

但似乎我們所有人都有可能產生這些感覺,即使手臂和腿部完好無損。如果我們能像這樣 conjur 出幻肢,這會為哲學家和科學家們提出各種引人入勝的問題,關於究竟是什麼構成了我們對物理自我的感知。卡羅林斯卡研究所的研究人員在《認知神經科學雜誌》上線上報告稱,他們可以在短時間內誘匯出幻手的感覺。點選此處觀看這個簡單的實驗


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Gary Stix, senior editor of mind and brain topics at 大眾科學, edits and reports on emerging advances that have propelled brain science to the forefront of the biological sciences. Stix has edited or written cover stories, feature articles and news on diverse topics, ranging from what happens in the brain when a person is immersed in thought to the impact of brain implant technology that alleviates mood disorders such as depression. Before taking over the neuroscience beat, Stix, as 大眾科學's special projects editor, was responsible for the magazine's annual single-topic special issues, conceiving of and producing issues on Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, climate change and nanotechnology. One special issue he oversaw on the topic of time in all of its manifestations won a National Magazine Award. With his wife Miriam Lacob, Stix is co-author of a technology primer called Who Gives a Gigabyte? A Survival Guide for the Technologically Perplexed.

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