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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Science@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 months ago

PKU Researchers Find the Human Brain Flexible in Adapting to New Limbs

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PKU Researchers Find the Human Brain Flexible in Adapting to New Limbs

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Science@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 months ago
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Peking University, June 15, 2026: Can humans adopt new limbs? Experiments using modern technology, especially virtual reality (VR), have offered some affirmative evidence. A study recently published in Cell Reports by Professors Bi Yanchao and Wei Kunlin from the School of Psychological and Cognitiv...
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    Yeah, I think trauma even kinda proves that neuroplasticity is a thing.

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      Oh definitely, the brain can rewire itself in a incredible ways.

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        https://www.burnthefatblog.com/how-visualization-works/

        I’ll go on a limb (pun unintentional) and suggest visualization can be applied to almost anything we want to improve or negate, with practice and consistency.

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          Yeah, our minds are pretty flexible. I recall reading a while back how pilots or professional race car drivers start incorporating the vehicle into their model of self. So, the vehicle becomes an extension of the body.

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            This is why Merkaba meditation and breathwork work. 🤷‍♀️

            Edit: or any other kind of meditation, reflection, etc

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        and, i believe, improve significantly

        imho

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    So I can learn to have 4 arms and double my clumsiness! Fuck yeah! (Or wait, would having 4 arms mean I was 4x as clumsy because I would be dividing up my already limited motor cortex causing the clumsiness to grow exponentially?)

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      Oh ye of little faith! Why shouldn’t you be able to have perfect coordination?

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        I only have so much space in my brain box and it is all spoken for. Neuroplasticity is part of your brain being rewired for another purpose.

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          Lol. As you wish.

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