[bksvol-discuss] Re: Visual Perception was Awesome - 151, 663 Titles on Bookshare
- From: aidee campa <aidee.campa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:07:19 -0700
Out of curiosity, how would selective seeing/hearing affect soldiers
in dangerous situations or special forces soldiers? I mean, if you're
a soldier who's constantly looking/listening for "danger", would that
mean you'd have to undo any selectivity you used to have in what
information you focused on? And what about animals? Do they have the
same tendency to sense things selectively?
This thread has been very fascinating to follow--although I would like
to say that as a blind person, there really isn't much you can do to
control what kind of information you get in a description, except, if
you're in a conversation with the person who's describing, to ask more
questions. And in the case of books and movies, you'd just fill in
with context--when people are describing what's going on in a movie,
I'm usually not just paying attention to what they're saying, I'm also
listening to what's happening in the movie.
On 6/23/12, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> Original message:
>> Let me add to this with another example I just thought of. Not only are
>> selective hearing and selective seeing necessary, but I suppose
>> selectivity among all of your senses is necessary, including selective
>> touch. Imagine yourself reading a Braille book and the feel of your
>> clothing on your body struck you as just as important as the Braille
>> dots. Would you be able to read your Braille book? Probably not.
>
> Roger, this is one of the best descriptions of autism I've heard in a
> while. That's what autism is, the inability to hear or see or feel
> selectively.
>
> Ann P.
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