Ghaffar and colleagues completed a brain study with conversion disorder patients and found that
A) stimulation of limbs resulted in impaired brain activity for both healthy and "numb" limbs
B) stimulation of limbs resulted in impaired brain activity for healthy but not "numb" limbs
C) stimulation of limbs resulted in impaired brain activity for "numb" but not healthy limbs
D) there were no differences between this group and the healthy controls

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Stimulation of limbs in conversion disorder patients showed impaired brain activity specifically for the "numb" limbs, not the healthy ones, indicating a distinct neurological response associated with the symptoms of the disorder.

Ghaffar and Colleagues Completed a Brain Study with Conversion Disorder