Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists in Vienna and London have shown that even years after an arm amputation, detailed movement commands survive in the ...

New fMRI evidence shows that the brain’s hand and lip maps remain stable years after amputation, reshaping our understanding of neuroplasticity and guiding future prosthetic and rehabilitation ...

When someone loses an arm, they can see it's gone, but a new study finds their brain keeps on trying to interact with the missing limb. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a study that challenges some ...

A new study by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago shows how amputees can learn to control a robotic arm through electrodes implanted in the brain. The research, published in Nature ...

Losing an arm cuts more than muscle and bone. It also severs the easy, wordless link between what you want to do and what your hand can actually do. For many people with prosthetic arms, that link ...

Even years after a person has lost an arm, the brain faithfully maintains the circuits that once controlled the missing limb. When someone loses an arm, they can see it's gone, but a new study finds ...