Our knowledge of ourselves and other people depends on the information that comes through our five senses. But under stress curious phenomena can occur. Shipwrecked survivors have reported phantom companions with them on a raft. Sometimes people have had the impression that they were looking at themselves, seeing themselves as vividly as they would see another person. And there are many reports of people who have experienced sensations in limbs that have been lost.
With A Consultant Psychiatrist and R. C. Oldfield, Professor of Psychology, Oxford University.