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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (32 children)
[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

From the article:

"The researchers trained 14 sighted and 12 blind people for between two and three hours twice a week over 10 weeks. They started by teaching participants to produce mouth clicks, then trained them on three tasks. The first two involved judging the size or orientation of objects. The third involved navigating virtual mazes, which participants moved through with the help of simulated click-plus-echo sounds tied to their positions."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes, I read the article. How does the training work?

[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Well, they started by teaching participants to produce mouth clicks. Then they did exercises judging the size or orientation of objects, and they also had them move around with the help of simulated click-plus-echo sounds tied to their positions.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

What. Are you serious? I just told you.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They probably bumped into walls a lot, until they learmed

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