When your brain doesn’t know what your body Is doing

After stimulation of the parietal cortex, patients reported “wanting” to move their arms, legs, lips, or chest but didn’t actually move them. When Mottolese stimulated the same region more intensely, patients believed that they had moved the body parts they’d intended to move even though they hadn’t. Stimulating the premotor cortex, on the other hand, resulted in real movements, but the patients were never conscious of their motions.

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