title: Reflections on hand.
authors.affiliation: Brain and Perception Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Altschuler
mesh_terms: D056228:Feedback, Sensory / Q000502:physiology*; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology; D007100:Imitative Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D055698:Touch Perception / Q000502:physiology
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