PROPRIOCEPTIVE MEMORY OF THE PHANTOM HAND OF THE MILITARY SERVANT'S PERSONALITY
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https://doi.org/10.32782/psyspu/2025.2.32Keywords:
phantom pain, proprioceptive memory, hand, amputation, mental state, anesthesia, serviceman, sensations.Abstract
Proprioceptive memory of a serviceman who has suffered a traumatic amputation of a limb is not only a component of motor memory, but also a subconscious regulator of his movements and actions. In achieving the goal of the study, the authors of the scientific article reveal the features of the functioning of the proprioceptive memory of a serviceman who has suffered amputation of the hand. The role of the hand in the vital activity of the individual is clarified. It is shown that the hand is a visible part of the brain, a tool of many tools, the main implementer of key human functions. It is outlined how the physical, mental and spiritual integrity of the serviceman's personality changes after amputation of the hand. It is proven that amputation of the hand, causing significant changes in the daily life of the serviceman, simultaneously generates a state of despair, depression, nervousness, anxiety, decreased self-esteem, isolation and recognition of one's own powerlessness. It has been established that proprioceptive memory provides the body with the ability to perform complex movements and actions without conscious control, helps it to feel muscle contractions, is a regulator and coordinator of movements generated by visual and vestibular signals. It has been revealed that proprioceptive memory, remembering the position of the soldier's hand in which it was before amputation, as well as the sensations that he experienced, and after amputation continues to retain the same sensations as if the hand were in place. This property is expressed in the form of an ambivalent, proprioceptive conflict of information, which is hypothetically the result of the emergence of a complex phantom pain syndrome. It has been found that the subjects, being under the influence of local anesthesia, decode the position of their hand differently from how it is located in real time. This property is due to the strong retention of proprioceptive memory of all sensations of the hand before anesthesia and the non-reduction of these manifestations even after amputation.
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