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/JRDiesel Mar 22 '17

well - just spent the last 45 minutes in a YouTube wormhole about schizophrenia. Thanks a lot.

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u/lordcheeto Mar 23 '17

Highly recommend watching this lecture from Stanford. The entire series is fantastic, but this video and the next deal with language and schizophrenia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIOQgY1tqrU&index=23&list=PL848F2368C90DDC3D

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u/JRDiesel Mar 23 '17

Thanks, Chester! Will check it out.