Sanne Kikkert

TL;DR: This study demonstrates the feasibility of MVPA to decode individual spoken words from EEG responses and to assess the spectro-temporal dynamics of their language invariant semantic-conceptual representations and discusses how this method and results could be relevant to track the neural mechanisms underlying conceptual encoding in comprehension and production.

TL;DR: It is shown that representation of the missing hand’s individual fingers persists in the primary somatosensory cortex even decades after arm amputation, questions the extent to which continued sensory input is necessary to maintain organisation in sensory cortex, thereby reopening the question what happens to a cortical territory once its main input is lost.

TL;DR: The results reaffirm a likely relationship between persistent peripheral inputs pertaining to the missing hand representation and chronic PLP and emphasise a need to further study the role of peripheral inputs from the residual nerves to better understand the mechanisms underlying chronicPLP.

TL;DR: In this paper, a task-concurrent NIBS over the primary sensorimotor missing hand cortex (S1/M1) was used to alleviate phantom limb pain (PLP) in amputees.

TL;DR: It is confirmed that amputees suffering from worse chronic PLP had worse motor control over their phantom hand, and the neural basis of these behavioural correlates of PLP is explored.