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As millions of receptors in the human nervous system respond automatically to light, sound, touch, and smell, and send information to the brain, the body acts. Explores a condition amputees experience known as "phantom pain" or "phantom limb." Also explains how the blind "see" words with the receptors in their hands.
Media Details
Runtime: 19 minutes 47 seconds
- Topic: Blind Life, Science
- Subtopic: Blind - General, Nervous System
- Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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- Release Year: 1997
- Producer/Distributor: Landmark Media
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