A lonely chandelier on top of a pole in a wedding.
Chandelier
A Chandelier
Sensory substitution
Rehabilitation regimes based upon psychophysical studies of prosthetic vision
An interesting paper dealing with creating training regimes for people using prosphetic vision devices. As regards the vOICe, activities such as reading can be ignored until the user gains proficiency but the other activities such as going down a corridor that has large symbols painted on the walls can be carried out and are applicable.
A pulley and a rope
A pulley and a rope used to draw water from a well. This well is situated at a restaurant just outside Karnal.
Note:
The well does have some water but is no longer used.
An image of the pulley and the rope
A soundscape of the above image
Braille Literacy: The Coin on a Mission, the Crisis & the Controversy
A very long article on the importance of Braille. The article also deals with neuron plasticity that occurs when reading Braille.
All this is related to the US government release a coin with Braille markings.
Highly transient neuroplasticity following one session of learning to use a sensory substitution device: an fMRI study
A 1 hour training session and then subsequent usage of the vOICe leads to significant neuron reorganization. This reorganization reverses itself quickly though.
Visual-Haptic Mapping and the Origin of Cross-Modal Identity
We have been told not to mix sight with touch since sight is like another language. However, new research states that cross modal integration is possible.
Read more here
Tactile Temporal Processing in the Auditory Cortex
Our perception of the outside world results from integration of information
simultaneously derived via multiple senses. This happens at the early stages of processing sensory input. Therefore, even for a sense like touch,
the auditory cortex is required to process it successfully.
This was tested by knocking out the respective brain area using TMS.