Thursday, 9 May 2019

Numbing a body part can boost sensory powers elsewhere—here's what that tells us about the brain

When you wake up in the middle of the night in total darkness, it can feel as if you have auditory superpowers. Suddenly, you can hear floorboards creak storeys below and the softest rustle of foxes destroying the bins outside, once again. Indeed, it is common wisdom that when you lose one sense, the remaining senses heighten.

* This article was originally published here