People with spinal cord injuries often lose some or all their limb function. In most patients, the nerves in their limbs work ...

People with spinal cord injuries often lose movement even though their brains still send the right signals. Researchers ...

A brain cap and smart algorithms may one day help paralyzed patients turn thought into movement—no surgery required.

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers found that the brain’s control center for a lost appendage can persist long after surgical amputation, which stands in stark contrast to longstanding theories ...

A brain-imaging study of people with amputated arms has upended a long-standing belief: that the brain’s map of the body reorganizes itself to compensate for missing body parts. Previous research 1 ...

A rare circulatory problem required Emily Wheldon to have her left arm amputated three years ago. Her brain still thinks it's there. "Most days, it just feels like I've got my arm next to me," she ...

In A Nutshell Alpha brain waves cycling at 8-13 times per second determine how wide your “temporal binding window,” or the time gap your brain tolerates between seeing and feeling a touch while still ...

Researchers in France shared their findings this week in a new study. A quadriplegic man was able to move his arms and walk using an exoskeleton controlled by signals sent from his brain and a harness ...

The brain holds space for a missing limb, even years after it’s gone. For three women who underwent planned hand amputations, brain scans revealed remarkably durable maps of hand areas, lasting for ...

You can probably complete an amazing number of tasks with your hands without looking at them. But if you put on gloves that muffle your sense of touch, many of those simple tasks become frustrating.

Researchers are paving the way for the design of bionic limbs that feel natural to users. They demonstrate the connection ...