January 8, 2009


pinky and the brain

Yesterday I took the bandage off the end of my index finger. The skin on the top of the knuckle used to be the bottom of the finger. When I rub the top of the finger, now, I feel it underneath.

posted by Deron Bauman in awesome, observations, odd 

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8 Responses to “pinky and the brain”

  1. Daryl Scroggins on January 8th, 2009 at 10:10 am

    That just scares me. But I bet your brain will re-learn the expected location of sensation. Is that something that happens?

    I wonder if a person could ever have a wireless connection to removed body parts? Send an ear to somebody and listen to the opening of the box it arrives in.

  2. Deron Bauman on January 8th, 2009 at 10:19 am

    yeah, I hope it rewires! it was actually like I was feeling it on the top *and* the bottom. double the sensation. no thanks. it seems to have lessened today.

  3. Michael Smith on January 8th, 2009 at 10:34 am

    This is interesting. Will your brain rewire? I just listened to a thing on NPR about Lazy Eyes and how the brain reprograms itself to see out of just one eye so it isn’t confused by double vision. But that happens at a very young age.

    I suppose if it’s different today you must be reprograming. Perhaps we can get you a little status bar…

    “Update to Deron’s nerves 42% complete. 12 hours 48 minutes remaining.”

  4. Daryl Scroggins on January 8th, 2009 at 10:43 am

    I almost said something nasty about self stimulation but I didn’t.

  5. jkottke on January 8th, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    howling fantods n. The feeling I got reading your post.

  6. Deron Bauman on January 8th, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    I should have probably started with a disclaimer.

  7. Cooper Renner on January 8th, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    Give us an update in a week, eh?

  8. India on January 9th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    Supposedly it takes 21 days.

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