Individuals may report phantom limb sensation because __________.
A. spinal cord axons continue to spontaneously fire after being detached from a limb
B. sensory neurons in the thalamus show spontaneous firing which is interpreted by the brain as a signal from the missing limb
C. there is a mismatch between visual feedback and proprioceptive feedback from the phantom limb
D. cells in the frontal cortex undergo spontaneous firing, which is interpreted as pain
Answer: C
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