The Boy Who Learned to See—and What He Teaches Us About Vision (WSJ)

The Article (un-paywalled)

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u/danl999 4 points 2021-06-28 23:45

He's like me. Identifies people mostly by their hair.

Which made it nearly impossible for me in private classes.

Interesting that the facial recognition system is used for chess too.

But it makes sense. It recognizes and assigns a "feeling" to faces, and apparently complex chess board arrangements.

You you can "feel" an important grouping of chess pieces, and associate it with past events.

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u/Gnos_Yidari 6 points 2021-06-29 03:06

From the article:

" A person’s ability to adapt and learn involves more than structural changes at synapses. Every time we witness performers at a circus, symphony, ballet or professional ballgame, we are seeing the results of neuronal plasticity. While these performers may possess natural gifts, they wouldn’t have achieved the elite level without a singular focus and years of intense practice. Neuronal plasticity and learning require active training. In his book “Rebuilt,” about learning to hear with a cochlear implant, technology theorist Michael Chorost wrote that he had to become an “athlete of perception.” Only by tirelessly experimenting and practicing with his new sense, only by becoming an athlete of perception, could Liam begin to understand what he sees."

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u/TechnoMagical_Intent 4 points 2021-07-01 10:41

And this directly applies to non-ordinary states as well; to perception coming from the energy body and not the biological one....and thus to Stalking; working towards stable and complete perception at different positions of the assemblage point