David Peterzell's Phantom Pulse Effect 1: Subject AB1

Peterzell, D. (2008). The phantom pulse effect: Rapid left-right mirror reversals evoke unusual sensations of phantoms, movements, and paresthesias in the limbs and faces of normals and amputees [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 8(6):830, 830a, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/830/, doi:10.1167/8.6.830.

In this video, a young normal (non-amputee) subject (AB) experiences the phantom pulse effect. As with approximately 2% of the population, he experiences the effect not just in his hand, arms and shoulder, but also his face. Note that he cannot wink just one eye while experiencing the effect.

I am not referring to these individuals as "Super Paresthetes, Type I. AB has a brother and two sisters who all have such responses, suggesting a possible genetic role in the effect. (The father experiences no phantom pulse; haven't tested the mother yet). Additional videos demonstrate the effect in AB's siblings.

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Science & Technology

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• Phantom Pulse
• Phantom Limb
• Mirror box
• Ramachandran.