http://www.openopenclose.net/2007/07/an-oasis-of-numbers/ Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:39:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.openopenclose.net/2007/07/an-oasis-of-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Adam Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:55:53 +0000 http://www.openopenclose.net/?p=83#comment-757 I am desperately curious about this as well. I've always noticed that if I clack my teeth together hard, any LED display I'm looking at will appear to shake and waver for moment. Maybe it's related to your crazy fillings? (No, that's ridiculous.) Seriously, though, find out for us! I am desperately curious about this as well. I’ve always noticed that if I clack my teeth together hard, any LED display I’m looking at will appear to shake and waver for moment. Maybe it’s related to your crazy fillings? (No, that’s ridiculous.) Seriously, though, find out for us!

]]> http://www.openopenclose.net/2007/07/an-oasis-of-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Adrianne Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:42:12 +0000 http://www.openopenclose.net/?p=83#comment-742 Whenever I read something like that I think of the various hilarious ways I could $%^& up my children. Whenever I read something like that I think of the various hilarious ways I could $%^& up my children.

]]> http://www.openopenclose.net/2007/07/an-oasis-of-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-741 todd. Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:39:05 +0000 http://www.openopenclose.net/?p=83#comment-741 I've heard it conjectured that the FFA might actually be a specialized at specializing, rather than specialized at recognizing faces. Claim was, in essence, if you were raised by fish, your FFA might become a fusiform fish area: really great at telling fish apart. Part of this claim is backed up by research which suggests that experts' FFA is active when viewing objects of their expertise. So supposedly a car guy's FFA is active when he's telling a 1976 from a 1975 Mustang, for instance. I’ve heard it conjectured that the FFA might actually be a specialized at specializing, rather than specialized at recognizing faces. Claim was, in essence, if you were raised by fish, your FFA might become a fusiform fish area: really great at telling fish apart. Part of this claim is backed up by research which suggests that experts’ FFA is active when viewing objects of their expertise. So supposedly a car guy’s FFA is active when he’s telling a 1976 from a 1975 Mustang, for instance.

]]> http://www.openopenclose.net/2007/07/an-oasis-of-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Molly Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:22:13 +0000 http://www.openopenclose.net/?p=83#comment-739 You're a deficit of the fusiform face area in the brain! You’re a deficit of the fusiform face area in the brain!

]]> http://www.openopenclose.net/2007/07/an-oasis-of-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Adrianne Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:41:11 +0000 http://www.openopenclose.net/?p=83#comment-736 It seems to be neon characters on dark backgrounds in general. I'll make an appointment with Oliver Sacks. It seems to be neon characters on dark backgrounds in general. I’ll make an appointment with Oliver Sacks.

]]> http://www.openopenclose.net/2007/07/an-oasis-of-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-735 tony Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:28:56 +0000 http://www.openopenclose.net/?p=83#comment-735 It seems unlikely to be quite like prosopagnosia, since that's a deficit of the fusiform face area in the brain, which developed because it was so damn important for us to recognize faces. Needless to say, I don't think we evolved any similarly specialized module for recognizing clock faces. But I'm with todd; figure out what the heck it is and get back to us. It seems unlikely to be quite like prosopagnosia, since that’s a deficit of the fusiform face area in the brain, which developed because it was so damn important for us to recognize faces. Needless to say, I don’t think we evolved any similarly specialized module for recognizing clock faces. But I’m with todd; figure out what the heck it is and get back to us.

]]> http://www.openopenclose.net/2007/07/an-oasis-of-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Molly Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:07:49 +0000 http://www.openopenclose.net/?p=83#comment-734 My favorite brain weirdness is a condition in which people's faces all look indistinguishable. (Prosopagnosia I think, or face-blindness). Someone who has it said that it's kind of like people just sort of all look like golden retrievers; difficult to tell apart. Maybe you have face-blindness for digital clocks. I guess it could always be worse. My favorite brain weirdness is a condition in which people’s faces all look indistinguishable. (Prosopagnosia I think, or face-blindness). Someone who has it said that it’s kind of like people just sort of all look like golden retrievers; difficult to tell apart. Maybe you have face-blindness for digital clocks. I guess it could always be worse.

]]> http://www.openopenclose.net/2007/07/an-oasis-of-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-732 todd. Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:51:24 +0000 http://www.openopenclose.net/?p=83#comment-732 That's a crazy phenomenon. I wonder what the story is. Go get checked out, so my curiosity can be sated. That’s a crazy phenomenon. I wonder what the story is. Go get checked out, so my curiosity can be sated.

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