Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠9h ago
Alphabetical clock
Show threadAmorpheus8h ago
@catsalad Looking at that clock is like inverting the vertical axis of your mouse for one day. Retraining causes massive neural disassociation, leaving you unable to use a mouse after switching back to what you believed to have mastered.
Show threadfeliz

@Amorpheus @catsalad

I have set the keyboard layout on my phone so that it runs on the QWERTY keyboard layout when using English language and on the Dvorak keyboard layout when typing in German. It took two weeks to be fluent on both layouts and now my brain doesn't even notice the difference anymore.

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Show threadAmorpheus5h ago

@feliz @catsalad Yeah, up to a certain age, you can retrain. Specialization always takes a toll, though.

My grandma lived her entire life in the same appartment with a balcony door lever on the right side. At the age of 70, they installed a new door with the lever on the left side. Strong neural connections made her hand instinctively reach to the right side at first try for years after.

For strong sensory feedback specialization, neural adaptation is very limited.

https://soulunity.substack.com/p/how-a-1964-cat-experiment-reveals

How a 1964 Cat Experiment Reveals the Power of Perception

What You See Is What You Become!

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