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The toes of artists who paint with their feet can be mapped in their brains

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 13, 2019

Artists who paint with their feet have finely tuned toe maps in their brains. The study opens up questions about organizational principles of the whole body system.... Read More...

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Electronic glove offers ‘humanlike’ features for prosthetic hand users

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 4, 2019

Researchers have developed a sensor-instrumented glove for prosthetic hand controls which can sense pressure, temperature, and hydration using electronic chips sending sensory data via a wristwatch. ... Read More...

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New Prosthetic Restores the Sense of Where Your Hand Is

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 21, 2019

A new prosthetic hand enables amputees to regain a subtle, close to natural, sense of touch.... Read More...

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Brain Hand Map is Maintained in Amputees with and Without Phantom Limb Sensations

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 5, 2019

A new MRI study reveals the brain retains neural 'fingerprints' of a missing hand, decades after amputation and regardless of whether the person experiences phantom limb sensations. ... Read More...

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New Theory for Phantom Limb Pain Points the Way to More Effective Treatment

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 6, 2018

Researchers present a new theory which states, following amputation, the neural circuitry connected to the missing limb becomes entangled with other neural networks, specifically ones responsible for pain perception.... Read More...

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Amputees Feel as Though Their Prosthetic Limb Belongs to Their Own Body

Neuroscience NewsAugust 13, 2018

A new study reports amputees often feel as though their prosthetic limb is part of their body. ... Read More...

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New ‘E-Dermis’ Brings Sense of Touch, Pain to Prosthetic Hands

Neuroscience NewsJune 20, 2018

Researchers have developed a new electronic skin that can allow amputees to perceive touch sensations via their prosthesis. The technology, dubbed e-dermis, can recreate the sense of touch and pain by sensing stimuli and relaying impulses back to peripheral nerves.... Read More...

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Prosthetic Arms Can Provide Controlled Sensory Feedback

Neuroscience NewsApril 28, 2018

Researchers have developed a new prosthetic arm that stimulates the nerves in the amputated limb, allowing the patient to feel the sense of touch.... Read More...

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Mapping Brain Activity to Improve Prosthetic Design

Neuroscience NewsDecember 1, 2017

Mapping brain activity of able body people traversing different terrains on a treadmill may lead to the development of better prosthetics, U of H researchers report.... Read More...

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Amputees Can Learn to Control a Robotic Arm with Their Minds

Neuroscience NewsNovember 27, 2017

Researchers report amputees are able to control a robotic arm with help of brain implants and BMI technology. The study details how brain areas that control both the intact arm and amputated limb can create new connections and learn to control the robotic arm, even years following the loss of a limb.... Read More...

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Advanced Artificial Limbs Mapped in the Brain

Neuroscience NewsOctober 27, 2017

Following targeted motor and sensory reinnervation, a procedure that reroutes residual limb nerves to intact muscles and skin in amputees, the brain remaps both motor and sensory pathways. Additionally, researchers note, TMSR may help counteract poorly adapted cortical plasticity following amputation.... Read More...

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Bionic Fingertip Allows Amputee to Feel Texture

Neuroscience NewsMarch 8, 2016

A new bionic fingertip that is surgically connected to nerves in the upper arm allows amputees to feel texture, a new study reports.... Read More...

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The toes of artists who paint with their feet can be mapped in their brains

Electronic glove offers ‘humanlike’ features for prosthetic hand users

New Prosthetic Restores the Sense of Where Your Hand Is

Brain Hand Map is Maintained in Amputees with and Without Phantom Limb Sensations

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Amputees Feel as Though Their Prosthetic Limb Belongs to Their Own Body

New ‘E-Dermis’ Brings Sense of Touch, Pain to Prosthetic Hands

Prosthetic Arms Can Provide Controlled Sensory Feedback

Mapping Brain Activity to Improve Prosthetic Design

Amputees Can Learn to Control a Robotic Arm with Their Minds

Advanced Artificial Limbs Mapped in the Brain

Bionic Fingertip Allows Amputee to Feel Texture