Re: Visual comprehension and reading

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From: Kalman Rubinson
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:04

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On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:16:00 GMT, "Heidi Graw" <hgraw@telus.net>
wrote:

>I'm not aware of any tests which allows a person to create an
>object inside his/her own brain and have that person move that
>imagined object from one part of the brain to another. 

Apparently, you already do that.  ;-)

>I think it would be interesting to see the results of such a test 
>on an MRI. When a person moves such an imagined object 
>around within the brain, does the brain light up in the areas of 
>where this object has been moved to?

I do not know if an MRI would suffice but if you had conscious
control of the intended locus of activity, it could be statistically
tested for correlation with a real locus.

>If such a test has actually ever been done, I'd sure like
>to know the results.  I know what I felt.  But, can others
>feel the same?  Has this ever been tested?

Not so far as I know.  You would have to convince those with the tools
for the task that the effort would be worth doing.  Frankly, I think
that is unlikely.

Kal

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