Why Walking Helps Us Think (2014)

Re:Why Walking Helps Us Think (2014) by neom on Monday May 01, 2017 @10:01AM (#14237480)

this is super interesting to me, in my "research" into dyslexia, I find that folks with very high dyslexic traits also happened to be incredibly spatially aware. Coincidently, they also happened to be excellent artists, often in sculpting.

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Re:Why Walking Helps Us Think (2014) by jtraffic on Monday May 01, 2017 @12:03PM (#14238699)

This made me think of the belief, in some psychology circles, that people with synesthesia are more creative. "Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway."[0] Ex: certain numbers trigger certain colors in some people's brains.

Here is an article with a description of the idea and an attempt to explain the mechanism: http://mobile.www.daysyn.com/Wardetal2008.pdf

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

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Re:Why Walking Helps Us Think (2014) by stuart78 on Monday May 01, 2017 @03:23PM (#14240621)

I had not heard of this, but it is a good description of my brother who is dyslexic and a talented sculptor.

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