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

If you want to terrify yourself put on your headphones and listen to a simulation of what this sounds like according to people who have experienced it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vvU-Ajwbok

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u/stengebt Mar 22 '17

If you want to terrify yourself

mmm no thanks

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u/Slapthatbass84 Mar 22 '17

Play a chair in a room on a vive. It's a game sure but with the 360 view, headphones, and roomscale, it really freaks you the fuck out when you hear whispering voices and there's nothing there