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does losing one sense really make the other ones stronger?
i've heard of that in movies and stuff but im curious...
17 Answers
- JesseLv 61 decade ago
Yes
The brain requires a certain amount of sensory input. This can be demonstrated through the method you cited, or a more simple, practical experiment
Get something to cover your eyes entirely (not a cloth, more like half a ping-pong ball), and switch a radio to play white noise. Now lie there. Evenrually you begin to taste things, hallucinate and hear things as if they're actually happening although they're not, This is your brain stimulating itself.
- heart o' goldLv 71 decade ago
Well...I can't state proven scientific fact...but I can share my personal experience of losing much of my hearing and over that same time having my vision go from 20-20 to 20-15 (I was in my 30s) and my sense of smell has become so acute that it causes problems for me sometimes. ...Some of my friends call me "The Bionic Nose".
I think it has to do with the parts of your brain that process sensory information...when it isn't being used for one sense it tunes into another sense...something like that...
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Try this:
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It's all in your head. Your senses stay the same, you just become more aware of them.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Totally I mean your body trains its self to do better in other ways so that its almost as good as it would be with that sense
- Anonymous1 decade ago
well, your brain isnt concentrating on all 5 of them at the same time, so it "seems" like the other ones work better. you ever tried to stare at something harder or listen more closely? it would be like a constant state of doing that if u couldnt do the other
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes, when one sense is lost, the others will compensate for that loss.
- 1 decade ago
most likely. when you for example, canot hear, your eye sight will probably be more accurate than it would be if you had hearing. this is because your mroe dependant on your eyes, therfor making them stronger.
- 1 decade ago
yes. for example, loosing your sight will make you more dependent on sound and feel, so these senses will increase to compensate for your loss.