Sight and blindness in the same person: Gating in the visual system.
Hans Strasburger, Bruno Waldvogel
December 2015 Psych JSynopsis of Social media discussions
The overall discourse reflects strong interest and moderate agreement with the article, with many examples such as a woman switching personality states to see again and references to electrophysiological evidence. The tone emphasizes curiosity, scientific intrigue, and recognition of the broader implications for understanding brain and perception, which supports the scores for engagement and impact.
Agreement
Moderate agreementMost discussions support the idea that psychological factors can influence visual perception, showing agreement with the article's findings.
Interest
High level of interestMany participants express curiosity and fascination, especially with cases where personality states affect sight, indicating high interest.
Engagement
High engagementPosts include references to specific studies, physiological mechanisms, and related phenomena, demonstrating deep engagement.
Impact
Moderate level of impactThe discussions highlight the significance of understanding psychogenic blindness and its implications for neuroscience and psychology, though some comments are more illustrative than transformative.
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Educational moment - systems that experience disabilities that the body does not typically have are valid!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26468893/
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Henrique Bastos
@Dudu Que parada interessante. Tem um estudo onde a pessoa tinha visão perfeita, mas um alter era cego, e quando ele estava no controle o EEG mostrava a região da visão “desligada” apesar de não haver qualquer problema físico.
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大橋しん｜緊張を三つ編みのようにほどく人
幼い頃の事故で脳の視覚野を損傷し目の見えなくなったドイツの女性が、成人して多重人格障害を発症し、別人格になったときは目が見えているという不思議現象をレポートした論文があります。
ちなみに脳内電流の検査で「仮病」である事は否定されています。
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Chad
"Sight and blindness in the same person: Gating in the visual system" https://t.co/Uh8UjQjmXR https://t.co/LDnT2rrqSU
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Idealist
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"Sight and blindness in the same person: Gating in the visual system" https://t.co/Uh8UjQjmXR https://t.co/LDnT2rrqSU
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Will Fitzgerald
@willwhim.com (Bluesky)pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26468893/ pub med original article
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penguin. ❂
@89_qs_ec (Twitter)RT @89_qs_ec: One can become blind just by thinking https://t.co/MYRJfUbFUp
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@89_qs_ec (Twitter)One can become blind just by thinking https://t.co/MYRJfUbFUp
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Ivan Янушкевич ☭
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@conscious_tlab (Twitter)#psy3280 @NaoTsuchiya Student presentation by Charlotte Redey on Strasburger & Waldvogel (2015). Sight and blindness in the same person: Gating in the visual system. PsyCh journal https://t.co/pMB7JBGJ7g via @YouTube
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The Progressing Pilgrim
@The_Pilgrim67 (Twitter)@TLSclub @M_O_Gwhy @America_Crusade @darwintojesus Here's a cool one. Some psychological state was causing one of the personalities to be blind. The mental personality determined the brain state. https://t.co/Bb7Z3koZVs
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Tristan
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@Key_Lime_Rhyme (Twitter)@aniwacked @beachedthingss @Chillaxpeppers @bean_dreaming There’s lots of evidence of it actually. I don’t know what compels you to argue about something you haven’t researched before but read this https://t.co/8Do1HnqQFe
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@Voidling_System (Twitter)Got shown this article on a plural server I'm on. Pretty damn neat. https://t.co/il3J72lBnx
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@NoPuzzl98 (Twitter)But since there are records of even sight changing in some types of systems from sighted to blind (https://t.co/mBUQyDKHii), HOW do we get an amnesiac system to remember to take them, and how do we record how the hormones effect the system? -
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Idealist
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RUSIEL
@RusielAA (Twitter)Esa es la noticia. Si quieren ver el estudio científico, es este https://t.co/ko7MwjorOx
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Abstract Synopsis
- The case study discusses a patient with dissociative identity disorder (DID) who experienced prolonged misdiagnosed cortical blindness, but gradually regained sight through psychotherapeutic treatment, with different personality states showing varying levels of vision.
- Electrophysiological tests (VEPs) confirmed the presence or absence of visual function depending on the personality state, indicating a rapid switch in visual perception linked to psychological factors rather than physical damage.
- The researchers suggest that the psychogenic blindness involves top-down neural modulation, possibly at the level of the thalamus, which suppresses visual processing early in the visual pathway, making it difficult to distinguish from organic blindness through electrophysiological measures.]
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