Annaka Harris

Why not other things in our environment that we don't perceive? And maybe the brain can interpret those signals as well. And so one of these studies was to try to give participants an experience of the Earth's magnetic field. This was a belt they devised. So it was a belt that went all the way around the body and had electrotactile signals all around. And

I don't totally understand the science or the technology of how it worked, but it was, you know, perceiving the earth's magnetic field. And again, this is something that other animals can do. So they thought they'd start with something that other brains that we know about are, are able to interpret. Just the human, human brains aren't set up that way. So it was such fun talking to Dr. Sasha Fink.

I don't totally understand the science or the technology of how it worked, but it was, you know, perceiving the earth's magnetic field. And again, this is something that other animals can do. So they thought they'd start with something that other brains that we know about are, are able to interpret. Just the human, human brains aren't set up that way. So it was such fun talking to Dr. Sasha Fink.

I don't totally understand the science or the technology of how it worked, but it was, you know, perceiving the earth's magnetic field. And again, this is something that other animals can do. So they thought they'd start with something that other brains that we know about are, are able to interpret. Just the human, human brains aren't set up that way. So it was such fun talking to Dr. Sasha Fink.

He's a neuroscientist and he was one of the participants in this study and And the way he talks about that experience is really interesting. It's like the way he was talking to me was like someone trying to explain to a blind person what it's like to see. Um, so he would kind of try to compare it to other senses.

He's a neuroscientist and he was one of the participants in this study and And the way he talks about that experience is really interesting. It's like the way he was talking to me was like someone trying to explain to a blind person what it's like to see. Um, so he would kind of try to compare it to other senses.

He's a neuroscientist and he was one of the participants in this study and And the way he talks about that experience is really interesting. It's like the way he was talking to me was like someone trying to explain to a blind person what it's like to see. Um, so he would kind of try to compare it to other senses.

Um, but he got, he had this intuitive feel after six or eight weeks of where he was oriented. Um, he said a few very funny things. One was, I noticed all the toilets in my life face North. And it's just because he was like, my, he's at the main toilets, my toilet at home, my toilet at the office, my toilet, you know, wherever I'm like,

Um, but he got, he had this intuitive feel after six or eight weeks of where he was oriented. Um, he said a few very funny things. One was, I noticed all the toilets in my life face North. And it's just because he was like, my, he's at the main toilets, my toilet at home, my toilet at the office, my toilet, you know, wherever I'm like,

Um, but he got, he had this intuitive feel after six or eight weeks of where he was oriented. Um, he said a few very funny things. One was, I noticed all the toilets in my life face North. And it's just because he was like, my, he's at the main toilets, my toilet at home, my toilet at the office, my toilet, you know, wherever I'm like,

friend's house that he noticed they all face the same direction because he said it's like noticing a color or noticing you walk into a room and you're both wearing the same shirt and you say, oh, we're both wearing the same shirt. Like you just know it because it's intuitive and because you see in your brain works that way.

friend's house that he noticed they all face the same direction because he said it's like noticing a color or noticing you walk into a room and you're both wearing the same shirt and you say, oh, we're both wearing the same shirt. Like you just know it because it's intuitive and because you see in your brain works that way.

friend's house that he noticed they all face the same direction because he said it's like noticing a color or noticing you walk into a room and you're both wearing the same shirt and you say, oh, we're both wearing the same shirt. Like you just know it because it's intuitive and because you see in your brain works that way.

And so it was just a feel like he knows which way he's facing all the time. And so he'd make these connections and associations like, oh, this face is that way. He could kind of, he had a better sense of like the map of the world, really. He said it also completely threw off his intuitions for, you know, the streets where he lived because he realized that,

And so it was just a feel like he knows which way he's facing all the time. And so he'd make these connections and associations like, oh, this face is that way. He could kind of, he had a better sense of like the map of the world, really. He said it also completely threw off his intuitions for, you know, the streets where he lived because he realized that,

And so it was just a feel like he knows which way he's facing all the time. And so he'd make these connections and associations like, oh, this face is that way. He could kind of, he had a better sense of like the map of the world, really. He said it also completely threw off his intuitions for, you know, the streets where he lived because he realized that,

None of the streets are actually facing the way they say they are. And I'm trying to think of some other. He described this very interesting sensation. He said, just like with sight or sound or anything else, there are pleasant versions of it and unpleasant versions. So there are things we like to look at that bring us joy and things that we find repulsive.

None of the streets are actually facing the way they say they are. And I'm trying to think of some other. He described this very interesting sensation. He said, just like with sight or sound or anything else, there are pleasant versions of it and unpleasant versions. So there are things we like to look at that bring us joy and things that we find repulsive.

None of the streets are actually facing the way they say they are. And I'm trying to think of some other. He described this very interesting sensation. He said, just like with sight or sound or anything else, there are pleasant versions of it and unpleasant versions. So there are things we like to look at that bring us joy and things that we find repulsive.

With taste and sound and, you know, music and all of these things, we don't ever even think about this. But the same is true with the Earth's magnetic field. So there were circumstances he would find himself in where he didn't like the position he was facing in that certain place.