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Scientists prove blind people can 'see' with sixth sense
The Scotsman ^
| 1 Nov 2005
| Rhiannon Edward
Posted on 11/03/2005 9:59:54 PM PST by JRios1968
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I don't think they refer to this:
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posted on
11/03/2005 9:59:55 PM PST
by
JRios1968
To: JRios1968
I always thought it was lame that they come up with the "5 senses" bs.
There's gotta be alot more than just 5. Sense of temperature, sense of balance, sense of time, sense of motion.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:04:48 PM PST
by
djf
(Government wants the same things I do - MY guns, MY property, MY freedoms!)
To: JRios1968
"Scientists from the University of Houston in Texas, temporarily blinded a group of 12 volunteers by using an
electromagnetic field to shut down the primary visual cortex. "
Were these people nuts? do not try this at home!
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:05:43 PM PST
by
seastay
To: djf
There's gotta be alot more than just 5. Sense of temperature, sense of balance, sense of time, sense of motion."And sense of style!!!!"
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:06:37 PM PST
by
JRios1968
("Cogito, ergo FReep": I think, therefore I FReep.)
To: seastay
I hope they paid them well...
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:07:11 PM PST
by
JRios1968
("Cogito, ergo FReep": I think, therefore I FReep.)
To: seastay
I wouldn't take the chance that it was temporary. How'd they know it wouldn't be permanent? A blindfold could've done the job.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:08:05 PM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: JRios1968
It said they were volunteers! You couldn't pay me enough to do it that way.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:09:05 PM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: JRios1968
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:09:25 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(MKC USCG-ret)
To: djf
I saw on tv awhile back a blind guy that does "echolocation" or whatever its called. He makes various cliking noises and hears the echoes. It was pretty amazing. Pointed to a tree 20' away, the camera's light reflector sheet ("broad thin material") and "a pole of some sort a few feet away" (light boom - 1 to 2" in dia). He teaches other deaf people how to do it (and they had them on the show too).
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:11:15 PM PST
by
geopyg
(I BELIEVE CONGRESSMAN WELDON! (Ever Vigilant, Never Fearful))
To: JRios1968
Sense of Fagdom? Hey, new word!
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:12:31 PM PST
by
calrighty
(C'mon troops, finish em off!!)
To: JRios1968
There is so much we do not know.
To: seastay
There's a mad scientist in Canada that does some crazy stuff with electromagnets to the brain. It manipulates all fields of consciences. Its called the "God helmet" because of the supernatural sensations that occur tot he subject.
And who thinks brainwashing isn't a science?
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:13:35 PM PST
by
endthematrix
(Those who despise freedom and progress have condemned themselves to isolation, decline, and collapse)
To: geopyg
Wow! Real life bat Man.
I guess you can't really lump that in with hearing.
I mentioned time because it's really amazing, I don't have a fixed schedule.
But nine times out of ten, when I wake up, I know what time it is within about ten minutes.
The way I know if I really got a good sleep is if I wake up and don't have not the smallest clue what time it is.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:16:59 PM PST
by
djf
(Government wants the same things I do - MY guns, MY property, MY freedoms!)
To: JRios1968
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:17:33 PM PST
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: JRios1968
The findings suggest "blindsight", which has been observed in blind people whose eyes function normally but who have suffered damage to the brain's visual centre, is a real and not imagined phenomenon. I can "see" (no pun intended) some logic in this..if the eyes still process and can feed the info to brain but the brain's visual centre can't process it to normal sight you still might perceive some kind of non visual impression
Phantom feeling in an amputee is some time just a mirror echo of the remaining limb to the amputated side, kind of a brain crosstalk
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:32:57 PM PST
by
tophat9000
("Space for rent")
To: Northern Alliance
There is plenty we do know.
It's called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and the military (DARPA) is all over it.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:39:42 PM PST
by
endthematrix
(Those who despise freedom and progress have condemned themselves to isolation, decline, and collapse)
To: djf
There's something like nine human senses. Touch, smell, sight, hearing, taste, nociception (pain), equilibrium, kinesthesia (location of your body parts), and temperature, IIRC.
To: geopyg
"I saw on tv awhile back a blind guy that does "echolocation" or whatever its called"
I saw that too. Ben Afleck in Daredevil. His finest work.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:58:14 PM PST
by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: geopyg
It's probably echo location going on. For instance, hi end headphone amplifiers have circuitry built in to produce the sound delay that comes from different location of speakers - i.e the time it takes for sound to get from one side of your head to the other. This allows more "head space" - the ability to note the location of instrument on the sound stage. I'm sure this same thing is going on when people have their eyes closed and ears open.
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posted on
11/03/2005 11:03:06 PM PST
by
glorgau
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