There's a difference between using one's own senses and using one's own instincts. Stall recovery is easily done with one's own senses (sight, hearing, and prop

There's a difference between using one's own senses and using one's own instincts. Stall recovery is easily done with one's own senses (sight, hearing, and proprioception), even though the correct response is counter-intuitive. Looking at the instruments would even be a bad idea when you stall, because you'd lose time which you could use to save your life. I even know of a sailplane instructor that turn the instruments off for the student (not for himself, though), so the student can learn to read his own sensory information correctly before relying on instruments.