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I've always wondered if I blindfolded myself for a few days and clicked a lot, if I'd pick up echolocation. The key is, though, for it to be useful is I have to
by tsol 4y ago
I've always wondered if I blindfolded myself for a few days and clicked a lot, if I'd pick up echolocation. The key is, though, for it to be useful is I have to be able to take off the blindfold and retain the skill.
- jcampbell1 4y agoVision trumps sound in the human brain. See the McGurk effect.
- thiagocsf 4y agoThis is fascinating. I just watched the bbc video on YouTube about it.
- mlang79 4y agoBlind man here. "for a few days"??? Seriously? This is like saying "If I only would wear a bra for a week, I could give birth to a child!" I know blind people who wish their echolocation skills were better. What I am trying to say: expect months or years for training, not days. Besides, it is not only blind people who have excellent directional hearing, conductors are forced by their trade to be able to point at the fiddle player they want to correct. So it is definitely a skill which can be picked up. But it takes some years to get to a level where it is useful.
- blueflow 4y agoIt might depend much on how sensitive your hearing is. I inherited a very sensitive hearing and picked up echolocation unintentionally.
- tsol 4y agoFew days was a random guess really haha. There was that study where they found people's vision flipped after a week of wearing goggles that project the world upside down. Interesting to hear it's such a complex skill. I suppose I've never really used my sense of hearing to its full potential.
- taneq 4y agoDo you spend enough time in pitch black (or otherwise without sight) for it to be useful? If so wouldn't you retain it once learned?
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