my take is that they amplify pattern recognition in general, some of which is accurate and some of which is spurious
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it's interesting to think though that psy/TMS-mediated interventions work *at all*, since it implies...
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that there are parts of the brain learning these patterns that just aren't communicating enough w/ other parts
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@The_Lagrangian i don't know much about brains but it sounds accurate to say these insights are about making those connections
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@The_Lagrangian read that bit and thought "yeah that checks out" (I have synesthesia myself and read a lot about these things)
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@The_Lagrangian There are links between synesthesia and memory formation and who'da thunk
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I can recognize songs by their first note and name them. I can not remember a face unless I've dealt with the person for a few weeks.
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@The_Lagrangian YES! so long as i remember one piece of info, everything that follows comes back in chained cascade
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@The_Lagrangian there's a therapy approach for associative proposagnosia (when you cannot link faces to people) that works by
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@The_Lagrangian making a habit of doing unlikely mental connections about people so that you can remember *something* about them
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@The_Lagrangian i've heard of picking distinctive features or mnemonics involving those and names but only features works for me
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@The_Lagrangian I have indeed fictioned that!
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people have been swapping faces at random and your face blindness is suddenly a blessing because you still recognize your friends
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@The_Lagrangian "Some individuals we expect to see in certain places." hahaa yes
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@The_Lagrangian in general that was a fun concept to play with
synkretie.net/microfiction.h
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@The_Lagrangian i've found a way for a couple to make out with each other's original faces
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