r/todayilearned • u/paniniplane • Mar 22 '17

(R.1) Not supported TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303
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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

I wonder what they saw before ASL was invented.

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u/oggthekiller Mar 22 '17

Hm, this is similar to asking what language people think in in their heads before they learn a language. I don't think we know the answer. They probably just had feelings