Chapter 5
Dedlow had when he felt his arms and legs reattach themselves
What is Phantom Limb syndrome
The main doctor
Who is Penfield
The Egyptians thought the _____ was the center to thinking
What is the heart?
Epileptic seizures are located in ___
What is Temporal lobe
The doctor mapped parts of the brain with ________ when it reacted to his touch
What is confetti
Percentage of amputees who expereinced phantom limb pain
What is 95%
Ruth's doctor noticed she had a tumor through an ____ examination
What is Eye
One man saw visions and discovered that through brunch, angels hated
What is butter?
The missing piece involved in phantom limbs
What is Somatosensory cortex
Purpose of hospitals routinely piled amputated limbs outside their doors
Most people with phantom limb have more pain in their hands or fingers than legs or shoulders
What is they have larger neural tracts
Unethical experiment on Mary Rafferty
What is electric prodding on brain
Typical amputation length
Around 4 minutes
_______ nerves are used to send signals with phantom limbs
What is Peripheral
Neuroscientist Silas Weir Mitchell contributed to phantom limb research
He coined the term phantom limb and conducted experiments
To prevent scarring with amputations doctors would
What is they inch the skin back down to wrap the stump
The doctor tried to prove what philosophy by saying thought and movement were separate
What is dualism?
2 kinds of amputation
Cauterization and ligation
The ______ body map relates body size and amount of gray matter dedicated to it.
What is Homunculus (Sensory or motor)
Temporal lobe seizures can cause
What is hyper religiosity
The book described phantom limb pain occurring because
What is the limb would not respond, so the brain kept sending more and more signals to make it respond, squeeze harder and harder
The doctor thought the _____ lobe was the key to human consciousness
What is temporal?
The doctor described his profession as ____ to his mother
What is a terrible profession (if it did not improve)
The brain regions involved in phantom limb pain
What is the somatosensory cortex, thalamus, parietal lobe, and the anterior cingulate cortex (tricky one).
Individuals born without a limb sometimes experience phantom limb pain because
What is the brain contains a permanent mental representation of the full body, even if they were born without one