The body’s senses bring in information to the brain so that it can decipher where to direct the information into the right parts of the body, due to top-down processing. But, the senses are not always as accurate as they may seem. For instance, perception of pain in the body and sense of touch may get lost in translation. Pain can sometimes be overlooked, such as when an athlete gets injured, they may not realize the severity of the injury because the sensory nerves are blocking out the feeling of pain until after. When people undergo amputation, sometimes, after the surgery and recovery, people will feel like their limb is there when it is not, which is called a phantom-limb. One can feel lingering “phantom” pain, such as stubbing a toe.
