Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks—And It Remodels Your Brain
Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks—And It Remodels Your Brain
Human echolocation repurposes parts of the brain’s visual cortex for sound, even in sighted people
Act now and you too can see as well as a bat!
Still more evidence that Daredevil's superpower isn't being able to navigate using echolocation, but to be able to take a beating (which he inherited from his father).
Daredevils power is world on fire.
OK, so how can I learn it?
From the article:
"The researchers trained 14 sighted and 12 blind people for between two and three hours twice a week over 10 weeks. They started by teaching participants to produce mouth clicks, then trained them on three tasks. The first two involved judging the size or orientation of objects. The third involved navigating virtual mazes, which participants moved through with the help of simulated click-plus-echo sounds tied to their positions."
10 weeks
This was kind of cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsg81Tn3s28 I didn't like the first wall example because the clicking cadence changes, but the field and trees were very clear
It's a stretch to say "anyone can learn echolocation" but kudos to those who've mastered this technique. I've always found this fascinating.
Tell me hooooow
A lot of practice, our brains are really good at figuring out sensory info