• Question: Is it true that your other sense become better if you lose/ never have one of them?

    Asked by elhermano to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 24 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Luna Munoz

      Luna Munoz answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      It is true to some extent. You rely more on the other senses and this practice can improve them. Also, the brain is able to reorganize itself to allow for some parts of the brain to be taken over by the other senses (although most of this flexibility is there when you’re younger).

    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      Apparently so, but I don’t know if there is proof of this.

    • Photo: Probash Chowdhury

      Probash Chowdhury answered on 24 Mar 2011:

      Yes it’s true. It takes a while for the other senses to compensate for the one you lost, but they definitely do. For example a blind person often has sharper hearing and/or sense of smell.

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