Thanks for sharing this. (Although I skimmed the article.)
I wonder though that not everyone is going to have the same sensitivity as indicated by the primary somatosensory cortex? For example, the article states the lips/fingers/thumb are more sensitive than the back. But wouldn't that be different per person? Therefore, I would assume an avian therian would have a sensitive back, as opposed to their lips, and would feel phantom wings. Whereas a wolf therian might feel their lips more strongly and also experience a phantom muzzle.
Reading between the lines, it seems like cortical remapping is why therians experience phantom limbs of their theriotypes!
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Date: 2022-11-19 05:05 pm (UTC)I wonder though that not everyone is going to have the same sensitivity as indicated by the primary somatosensory cortex? For example, the article states the lips/fingers/thumb are more sensitive than the back. But wouldn't that be different per person? Therefore, I would assume an avian therian would have a sensitive back, as opposed to their lips, and would feel phantom wings. Whereas a wolf therian might feel their lips more strongly and also experience a phantom muzzle.
Reading between the lines, it seems like cortical remapping is why therians experience phantom limbs of their theriotypes!
Very interesting stuff.