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	Woman with ‘a phantom third arm’

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f5ca6c17-91fc-4319-afa3-bdf17d8a0945/C226AB8E-8345-4733-9F41-693EA6391BB1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Woman_with_%91a_phantom_third_arm%92&in_article_id=613271&in_page_id=2" href="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Woman_with_%91a_phantom_third_arm%92&in_article_id=613271&in_page_id=2" style="font-size: 11px;">www.metro.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Woman_with_%91a_phantom_third_arm%92&in_article_id=613271&in_page_id=2"><H1>Woman with ‘a phantom third arm’</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Woman_with_%91a_phantom_third_arm%92&in_article_id=613271&in_page_id=2"><SPAN class="byline">Tuesday, April     7, 2009</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Woman_with_%91a_phantom_third_arm%92&in_article_id=613271&in_page_id=2"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.metro.co.uk/img/62824EA5-74BB-4F94-B666-22A251B2A404" alt="Arm " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Woman_with_%91a_phantom_third_arm%92&in_article_id=613271&in_page_id=2"><H2 class="articlestandfirst">A stroke victim has developed a phantom third arm which she uses 'just like a real-life limb'.
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Tests have proven that, not only does the woman's brain 'move' the arm as if it was real, but also the rest of her body responds when it is 'touched' by the phantom hand. 
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She 'sees' the new arm and can even scratch an itch with it, doctors said.
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It is the first ever recorded case of a patient being able to see, feel and move a phantom limb, the research team told the Annals of Neurology.
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And they think their study could provide the missing link between this phenomenon and out-of-body experiences.
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The 64-year-old woman lost the use of her left arm but her brain recognises an illusionary limb that has taken its place.
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Scientists at Switzerland's Geneva University Hospital used magnetic resonance imaging to confirm that her brain was issuing commands to the phantom limb and acknowledging its actions.
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