Tag: trauma
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Feeling What Is Not There – PBL Case
After an amputation, a large number of patients report that they can still feel their amputated limb as if it was still there. They report regular sensual experiences such as being touched on the missing limb and, especially in the time right after surgery, they sometimes “forget” that the limb is not there anymore. For…
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Brain Lesions – PBL Case
On September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage, a railroad construction worker, was involved in a severe work accident when, following an explosion, an iron bar passed through his head, destroying part of his prefrontal lobe. He recovered and lived another 11 years, but contemporary reports suggest that his personality changed abruptly. This turned out to be…