The sensations are not illusions––these sensations occur because the brain relays motor signals to the missing body part, but does not receive sensory feedback. The sensations are perceived as movements as if the limb still exists, even though the individual can visually recognize the limb is absence. The brain simply unable to interpret the conflicting sensory information experienced by the amputee (Scott, 2011). Thus, requiring experience and time for the brain to adjust to the loss of a limb, because the brain retains information from the imaged of an intact body
The sensations are not illusions––these sensations occur because the brain relays motor signals to the missing body part, but does not receive sensory feedback. The sensations are perceived as movements as if the limb still exists, even though the individual can visually recognize the limb is absence. The brain simply unable to interpret the conflicting sensory information experienced by the amputee (Scott, 2011). Thus, requiring experience and time for the brain to adjust to the loss of a limb, because the brain retains information from the imaged of an intact body