We watched a video from the BBC called 'Horizon: Is Seeing Believing?' This fascinating documentary provided an insight into how our senses work, and how one sense can be enhanced through the loss of another.
| There were some amazing explanation of how our senses work, using examples such as the McGurk effect to show that what we hear isn't solely reliant on our ears. The way that we interpretate speech also relies on what we see too. But perhaps most interesting was the idea that depriving some senses could enhance others. There was example of a cyclist in the video who had no sight. They were completely blind, yet fully capable of navigating unaided on their own, even at the speeds provided by a bike. This was done in much the same way as a bat navigates, using clicks and echoes - this is called 'echo locating'. This idea of enhancing senses via isolation is an interesting one, and a concept that we as a group feel compelled to investigate. | "They were completely blind, yet fully capable of navigating unaided..." |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vhw1d - 11/10/2013
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