A person whose hand had been amputated actually felt sensations on his nonexistent fingers when his arm was stroked. This best illustrates the consequences of

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The phenomenon described in the question is an example of brain plasticity, which refers to the brain's ability to reorganize and adapt to changes in its environment or experiences. In this case, the brain has reorganized to the point where inputs from the stroked arm are interpreted as if they were coming from the missing hand. This illustrates how the brain is not fixed but is capable of changing and reorganizing itself in response to different stimuli or circumstances. The other answer choices (tomography, lateralization, reward deficiency) do not pertain to this specific phenomenon.

A Person Whose Hand Had Been Amputated Actually Felt Sensations