After a few weeks of such daily treatment sessions, each lasting 15 minutes, about half of patients report that their phantom limbs and the pain associated with them have disappeared.

这样每天15分钟的治疗进行几周之后，大约一半的病人报告说他们的患肢及其伴随的疼痛消失了。

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These were the real ghosts, he would say, the phantom limbs, phantom minds, phantom loves that haunt us, because they were used, then abandoned, because they were desolate, because they were violent, because they were merciless, because they were out of choices, because they did not want to be driven away, because they were poor.

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Researchers at the University of Manchester are turning to virtual reality once again, not to have another go 'round at proving whether telepathy is real or not, but to help individuals with amputated limbs recover from so-called "phantom limb pain, " a sensation wherein amputees appear to feel pain in their lost limb.

ENGADGET: Researchers turn to VR to treat phantom limb pain