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How a mirror helped people unclench a hand they had lost

Some people who lose a hand still feel it. Sometimes it feels stuck in a painful fist.

A brain scientist set a mirror beside the remaining hand. In the mirror, that hand's reflection sat where the missing hand should be.

The person opened the real hand. The missing one seemed to open too. For some, that sight let them feel it unclench.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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