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March 13, 2013

Human brain treats prosthetic devices as part of the body
London, UK (SPX) Mar 11, 2013
The human brain can learn to treat relevant prosthetics as a substitute for a non-working body part, according to research published March 6 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Mariella Pazzaglia and colleagues from Sapienza University and IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia of Rome in Italy, supported by the International Foundation for Research in Paraplegie. The researchers found that wheelchair-bound study participants with spinal cord injuries perceived their body's edges as being plastic and fle ... read more

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