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Phantom Limb : Amputation, Embodiment, and Prosthetic Technology /
"Phantom limb pain is one of the most intractable and merciless pains ever known--a pain that haunts appendages that do not physically exist, often persisting with uncanny realness long after fleshy limbs have been traumatically, surgically, or congenitally lost. The very existence and "na...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2014]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Ghost in the Machine; 2. Characterizing Phantoms: Features of Phantom Limb Syndrome; 3. From Pleasure to Pain: Accounting for the Rise and Fall in Phantom Pain; 4. Phantoms in the Mind: The Psychogenic Origins of Ethereal Appendages; 5. Phantoms in the Brain: The Holy Grail of Neuroscience; 6. Phantom-Prosthetic Relations: The Modernization of Amputation; 7. Conclusion: Authenticity and Extinction; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; About the Auhor.