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Scientific Correspondence

Nature Neuroscience 1, 443–444 (1 October 1998) | doi:10.1038/2161

Bimanual coupling in amputees with phantom limbs

Elizabeth A. Franz & V. S. Ramachandran

People who experience phantom limbs following amputation sometimes report vivid movements in the phantom, both spontaneous and voluntary. Do these illusory movements reflect the operation of neural mechanisms that govern normal motor performance?