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Pietro Cortelli

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Normal body scheme and absent phantom limb experience in amputees while dreaming.

Consciousness and Cognition December 2011 Maria Alessandria, Roberto Vetrugno, Pietro Cortelli et al.

While dreaming amputees often experience a normal body image and the phantom limb may not be present. However, dreaming experiences in amputees have mainly been collected by questionnaires. We analysed the dream reports of amputated patients with phantom limb collected after awakening from REM sleep during overnight videopolysomnography (VPSG). Six amputated patients underwent overnight VPSG...