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A fun experiment relating to the brain's ability to rewire itself: Put your hand under one of these toys like the image: http://ubuyonline.com.au/images/toys/p
by dkokelley 17y ago
A fun experiment relating to the brain's ability to rewire itself:
Put your hand under one of these toys like the image: http://ubuyonline.com.au/images/toys/pictures%20018_0.jpg http://ubuyonline.com.au/images/toys/pictures%20018_0.jpg
Now put an object or your other hand on the other side of the pins (between the pins and the plastic). Watch your transposed 'fingers' interact with the object. Eventually you will start to feel like your fingers have actually moved to the end of the pins.
I think this is the brain rewiring itself to correlate spacial sensation to what the eyes are observing. No matter what causes this, it's an interesting sensation.
- cjenkins 17y agoIn a similar theme, virtual reality has been tested to relieve phantom limb pain from missing limbs. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/29102443.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/29102443.html It's amazing how adaptable the human body/mind is sometimes.