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6. mind tricks

Tue May 2, 2017, 12:31 AM

May 2017

Reminds me of what happens when the brain is physically divided .. gets spooky. One writeup ...
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5871076/what-happens-when-your-brain-is-split-in-two---and-you-survive

Folks might also be interested in the blind people that train their visual systems to respond to sound. Check out Daniel Kish and his organization that teaches blind people to see with echos. http://www.worldaccessfortheblind.org

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A few blind people can "see", leading to discoveries about consciousness [View all] oldcynic May 2017 OP

Amazing. Marie Marie May 2017 #1

So in essence, the eyes in these blind people work perfectly fine? Massacure May 2017 #2

Her eyes work fine, yes sakabatou May 2017 #5

We live in an amazing reality...for those that alittlelark May 2017 #3

Makes me wonder what else our brains are hiding for us. tinrobot May 2017 #4

mind tricks MountainFool May 2017 #6

Ramachandran described such a case in "Phantoms in the Brain" ... eppur_se_muova May 2017 #7