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Ref: The Fascinating Science Behind Phantom Limbs

References and further readings for: The Fascinating Science Behind Phantom Limbs

The perception of phantom limbs. The D. O. Hebb lecture, 1998.
https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/121.9.1603

Prevalence of Phantom Breast Pain and Sensation Among Postmastectomy Patients Suffering from Breast Cancer: A Prospective Study, 2013
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/papr.12089

Phantom eye syndrome – Its prevalence, phenomenology, and putative mechanisms, 2003
http://n.neurology.org/content/60/9/1542

William Porterfield (ca. 1696-1771) and his phantom limb: an overlooked first self-report by a man of medicine, 2003
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12699565

Increased cortical representation of the fingers of the left hand in string players, 1995
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7569982

The efficacy of pain neuroscience education on musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review of the literature, 2016
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27351541

Mirror therapy for phantom limb pain: Brain changes and the role of body representation, 2013
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00433.x

Perceptual correlates of massive cortical reorganization, 1992
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/258/5085/1159