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sensations
Are both highlighted "sensations" talking about the same group of sensations? Or are they different kinds of sensations? If they are the same, why the writer has not used "this kind of sensations" instead of the second "sensations"?
Maybe the first "sensations" refer to the sensations of this certain group of patients but the second "sensations" refer to the general sensations that all people generally have?
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Artist Alexa Wright has undertaken an intriguing project with patients with Phantom Limb Syndrome, which occurs where people who have had amputations continue to experience sensations in the non-existent limb. Neurologists understand that sensations arise as a result of a dynamic plasticity in the brain which allows it to re-map bodily awareness, often very soon after the limb has been removed. Areas on the cortex which formerly received sensory input from the amputated limb continue to be activated from parts of the brain on adjacent areas of the cortex linked to parts of the body surface close to the amputated limb, so it feels as if the limb is still there, though not always in a normal state.
Maybe the first "sensations" refer to the sensations of this certain group of patients but the second "sensations" refer to the general sensations that all people generally have?
Context:
Artist Alexa Wright has undertaken an intriguing project with patients with Phantom Limb Syndrome, which occurs where people who have had amputations continue to experience sensations in the non-existent limb. Neurologists understand that sensations arise as a result of a dynamic plasticity in the brain which allows it to re-map bodily awareness, often very soon after the limb has been removed. Areas on the cortex which formerly received sensory input from the amputated limb continue to be activated from parts of the brain on adjacent areas of the cortex linked to parts of the body surface close to the amputated limb, so it feels as if the limb is still there, though not always in a normal state.
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red apple Are both highlighted "sensations" talking about the same group of sensations? Yes. red apple If they are the same, why the writer has not used "this kind of sensations" instead of the second "sensations"?
- red apple Are both highlighted "sensations" talking about the same group of sensations?
- Yes.
- red apple If they are the same, why the writer has not used "this kind of sensations" instead of the second "sensations"?
- There is no need: sensations are sensations.
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red appleAre both highlighted "sensations" talking about the same group of sensations?Yes.
red apple If they are the same, why the writer has not used "this kind of sensations" instead of the second "sensations"?There is no need: sensations are sensations.
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