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>Really this could be a good evidence to support the idea that we all think alike. Our ability to think is extremely adaptable. I doubt we all think alike (apa

>Really this could be a good evidence to support the idea that we all think alike. Our ability to think is extremely adaptable. I doubt we all think alike (apart from the general mechanism and macro structures). One old experiment was to completely flip someone's vision upside down (with mirrors in goggles). It generally took people a week or two to adapt, but then their brains could once again link their visual input with other sensory input. They clearly didn't have the same internal logic as others (since their brains had to reverse the image), but because they received constant feedback on the results of their logic, their brains made them understand the world the same way everyone else does.

kakarot 9y ago
I love telling people about that study. It's so cool. And when they removed the glasses, in roughly the same span of time their vision returned to normal. Really makes you wonder about the potential negative impact of certain sensory augmentation during adolescent development, such as glasses or hearing aids, and how we could possibly avoid such negative effects. I don't know why other similar sensory studies haven't been done. For example, trying to rewire the nervous stimulus system, such as trying to make a peripheral touch stimulus on one part of the body register with your proprioceptive system as a different part of the body, or inverting the inferred location of a sound with special headphones and feedback.
- jon_richards 9y ago
  >For example, trying to rewire the nervous stimulus system, such as trying to make a peripheral touch stimulus on one part of the body register with your proprioceptive system as a different part of the body. Oh wow. This could be huge for prosthetics, especially the robotic ones controled by muscle movements. I wonder if it's already been attempted.
  - jrace 9y ago
    https://www.physio-pedia.com/Mirror_Therapy https://www.physio-pedia.com/Mirror_Therapy The principle of mirror therapy (MT) is the use of a mirror to create a reflective illusion of an affected limb in order to trick the brain into thinking movement has occurred without pain. It involves placing the affected limb behind a mirror, which is sited so the reflection of the opposing limb appears in place of the hidden limb [1].
    - kakarot 9y ago
      Yeah, this is what came to mind. What I'm thinking of is similar but is more about testing a hypothesis than providing therapy. Also related: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/touching-illusions-2008-05/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/touching-illusion...

kakarot 9y ago

I love telling people about that study. It's so cool. And when they removed the glasses, in roughly the same span of time their vision returned to normal. Really makes you wonder about the potential negative impact of certain sensory augmentation during adolescent development, such as glasses or hearing aids, and how we could possibly avoid such negative effects. I don't know why other similar sensory studies haven't been done. For example, trying to rewire the nervous stimulus system, such as trying to make a peripheral touch stimulus on one part of the body register with your proprioceptive system as a different part of the body, or inverting the inferred location of a sound with special headphones and feedback.

jon_richards 9y ago
>For example, trying to rewire the nervous stimulus system, such as trying to make a peripheral touch stimulus on one part of the body register with your proprioceptive system as a different part of the body. Oh wow. This could be huge for prosthetics, especially the robotic ones controled by muscle movements. I wonder if it's already been attempted.
- jrace 9y ago
  https://www.physio-pedia.com/Mirror_Therapy https://www.physio-pedia.com/Mirror_Therapy The principle of mirror therapy (MT) is the use of a mirror to create a reflective illusion of an affected limb in order to trick the brain into thinking movement has occurred without pain. It involves placing the affected limb behind a mirror, which is sited so the reflection of the opposing limb appears in place of the hidden limb [1].
  - kakarot 9y ago
    Yeah, this is what came to mind. What I'm thinking of is similar but is more about testing a hypothesis than providing therapy. Also related: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/touching-illusions-2008-05/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/touching-illusion...