Amber Maimon, PhD - Can We Combine Senses to Create New “Super Senses”

Journal article

Amber Maimon, A. Amedi
Frontiers for Young Minds, 2022

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Maimon, A., & Amedi, A. (2022). Can We Combine Senses to Create New “Super Senses” and Abilities? Frontiers for Young Minds.

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Maimon, Amber, and A. Amedi. “Can We Combine Senses to Create New ‘Super Senses’ and Abilities?” Frontiers for Young Minds (2022).

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Maimon, Amber, and A. Amedi. “Can We Combine Senses to Create New ‘Super Senses’ and Abilities?” Frontiers for Young Minds, 2022.

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@article{amber2022a,
  title = {Can We Combine Senses to Create New “Super Senses” and Abilities?},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Frontiers for Young Minds},
  author = {Maimon, Amber and Amedi, A.}
}

Abstract

Bats see with their ears, snakes see heat, horses can see almost 360° around them, and crickets have super hearing abilities through their legs. The development of these abilities took 10’s of 1,000’s of years of evolution. While these astonishing sensory abilities may sound like superpowers that only people in comic books have, new studies suggest that, by using technology and perceptual learning, humans too could develop some of these awe-inspiring abilities—sometimes with only a small amount of training!