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Prostheses as extensions of the body: Progress and challenges

Overview of attention for article published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, May 2018
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Title
Prostheses as extensions of the body: Progress and challenges
Published in
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, May 2018
DOI 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.04.020
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Maria Niedernhuber, Damiano G Barone, Bigna Lenggenhager

Abstract

Recent years have seen a surge of interest in the incorporation of artificial limbs. This research promises to provide individuals with sensorimotor disorders such as amputations with prostheses which feel like their own body part. While neuroscience made a leap towards uncovering the basic neurocognitive mechanisms of bodily self-consciousness, the development of incorporated prosthetic limbs still faces substantial challenges in basic neuroscience and in clinical reality. Here we critically examine recent findings on prosthesis incorporation to aid patient rehabilitation in the context of advances in cognitive and applied neuroscience as well as technology. To this end, we integrate results from fundamental and clinical neuropsychological research to outline how several crucial milestones will have to be passed to achieve the self-attribution of prostheses to one's own body. We further discuss the implications of these results for clinical treatment and patients' quality of life.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 137 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 20%
Student > Master 21 15%
Researcher 17 12%
Student > Bachelor 12 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 7%
Other 18 13%
Unknown 33 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 26 19%
Psychology 23 17%
Neuroscience 16 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 14 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 2%
Other 10 7%
Unknown 45 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 August 2019.
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#3,592,771
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#1,570
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#22
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