With hospitals nearing full capacity due to a challenging cold and flu season, healthcare professionals are facing added stress. It’s like trying to fit everyone into a bus when it’s already packed to the rafters! The high demand for medical care is overwhelming hospital staff, who are struggling to manage patient influx and provide quality […]
Published on November 20, 2022
Imagine if your body had its own funhouse mirror, where your hand would be wider and have shorter fingers. Well, it turns out that our brain does just that! In a fascinating review, Longo explains how our perception of our own hand can be distorted, with our brain making it wider and with stubby fingers. […]
Published on November 20, 2022
I thank Bassolino and Becchio for their letter [1] highlighting the issues that distorted body representations, particularly those underlying proprioceptive position sense, pose for effective action. I agree that the three hypotheses they outline are plausible approaches to thinking about this problem, and are likely to be fruitful guides for future research. However, I also […]
Published on November 19, 2022