Doug lost his left leg in an automobile accident several months ago. He tells his wife that when he was shaving his face one morning, he felt the same scraping sensation on his missing leg. What may account for Doug’s phantom limb sensation?

a. ?reorganization of the somatosensory cortex
b. ?misappropriated top-down processing
c. ?spinal cord axons attempting to reinnervate the site of the injury
d. ?motor cortex redirecting its outputs


ANSWER:
a

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