After a stroke caused paralysis, patient sometimes denies they are paralyzed, and confabulates. "I just don't feel like moving", etc. But if you squirt ice water in their ear, they admit paralysis, and deny that they had ever denied. Then, after a while the ice effect is gone.
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That’s… really odd! Is there some sort of explanation for it?
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Confabulation is a major thing. As my mother’s dementia progresses, she fills in more and more cognitive gaps with plausible-sounding but completely false stories. Once I observed this, I started to worry, and observe… and caught myself doing the same thing. Like, *often*.
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I gave my wife a lengthy explanation of why I had bought a particular bottle of wine that was atypical for me. And realized only later that, in fact, she had bought it, not me. I completely believed what I was saying.
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It's very cool when you catch your own brain doing not-entirely-rational brain tricks. I've been especially noticing how motor planning is something that you are just watching and may struggle to explain. Like, I noticed I was picking up my glasses like this:pic.twitter.com/UzoTVp07L8
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This is not anything I ever consciously decided to do, and I don't think I use this odd between-two-fingers pincer grip for anything else. Since doing Tai chi I've become less motor inhibited, or increased my motor vocab. Like while going though a heavy pull door
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I will spin 360 degrees while doing it, which is smoother/faster than trying to go "straight".
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Since noticing the glasses grip I've started using it for picking up pencils lying on the table. It does require less wrist motion, and slightly extends your grasp.
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Also reminds me of Jon Haidt's story about realizing he was justifying his not doing a chore to his wife by shading the truth, exaggerating how busy he had been.
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My aspie speculation is that noticing when you are bending the truth, and other self-serving tricks, is not entirely normal, but may increase with life experience. Wisdom, shall we say.
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This is all really interesting, thank you!
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