Comments on: Seeing with your tongue http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2008/10/02/seeing-with-your-tongue/ a linguist without a language Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:47:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: hard-wired, my a@*%e… « ripple the wide open space… http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2008/10/02/seeing-with-your-tongue/comment-page-1/#comment-11396 hard-wired, my a@*%e… « ripple the wide open space… Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:19:22 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/?p=262#comment-11396 [...] 11, 2008 in neuroscience, researching i came across this post with integrated streaming of a conversation with a neuroscientist about neuroplasticity, and this [...] [...] 11, 2008 in neuroscience, researching i came across this post with integrated streaming of a conversation with a neuroscientist about neuroplasticity, and this [...]

]]> By: jangari http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2008/10/02/seeing-with-your-tongue/comment-page-1/#comment-11142 jangari Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:26:26 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/?p=262#comment-11142 Thanks David. I thought about relinking the audio file in the post to the one on that webpage, but I think my bootleg copy sounds ten times better, even if it misses the introduction. Thanks for chiming in, Martin. That's pretty much what's covered in the interview, as well as some truly amazing quote from some of the participants, such as 'can you move the vase so it's halfway past the phone?' Thanks David. I thought about relinking the audio file in the post to the one on that webpage, but I think my bootleg copy sounds ten times better, even if it misses the introduction.

Thanks for chiming in, Martin. That’s pretty much what’s covered in the interview, as well as some truly amazing quote from some of the participants, such as ‘can you move the vase so it’s halfway past the phone?’

]]> By: David Nash http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2008/10/02/seeing-with-your-tongue/comment-page-1/#comment-11124 David Nash Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:37:15 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/?p=262#comment-11124 Dr Norman Doidge's talk has an 11.8MB MP3 linked from <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/09/30/2378905.htm" rel="nofollow">ABC Brisbane's page</a>. Dr Norman Doidge’s talk has an 11.8MB MP3 linked from ABC Brisbane’s page.

]]> By: Martin Walker - brain exercises http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2008/10/02/seeing-with-your-tongue/comment-page-1/#comment-11064 Martin Walker - brain exercises Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:58:41 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/?p=262#comment-11064 Hello, Jangari. I'm not sure whether this is mentioned in the radio episode, but the scientist who first devised a "tactile-vision device" was Paul Bach-y-Rita, back in 1969. His original implementation sent vision vibrations from a camera through stimulation of the skin on the subject's back -- the brain was able to decode the information from this visual-tactile map into images. Later refinements transformed this bulky device into a thin strip of electrodes on the tongue attached to a tiny camera. Norman Doidge's book -- The Brain That Changes Itself -- describes some of the history of these experiments. I've been blogging about this and other aspects of neuroplasticity here http://www.mindevolvesoftware.com and here http://mindsparkebrainfitnesspro.com. Martin Walker mind evolve, llc Hello, Jangari.

I’m not sure whether this is mentioned in the radio episode, but the scientist who first devised a “tactile-vision device” was Paul Bach-y-Rita, back in 1969. His original implementation sent vision vibrations from a camera through stimulation of the skin on the subject’s back — the brain was able to decode the information from this visual-tactile map into images. Later refinements transformed this bulky device into a thin strip of electrodes on the tongue attached to a tiny camera.

Norman Doidge’s book — The Brain That Changes Itself — describes some of the history of these experiments. I’ve been blogging about this and other aspects of neuroplasticity here http://www.mindevolvesoftware.com and here http://mindsparkebrainfitnesspro.com.

Martin Walker
mind evolve, llc

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