Some research to back up which many of us already suspected.
Our minds adapt to cater for physical changes. Read here about how use of simple tools changed perceptions on reach etc.
Personally though I believe that when we finally get around to attaching new limbs to our bodies and connecting them via our central nervous system so we can control them we will very quickly learn to use these extra limbs with the same casual abandon we do currently with all of our limbs at the moment.
The human mind is a wonderful tool and we have a long way to go before we find out all it can do.
Adaptation. Why we are number one
Some research to back up which many of us already suspected.
Our minds adapt to cater for physical changes. Read here about how use of simple tools changed perceptions on reach etc.
Personally though I believe that when we finally get around to attaching new limbs to our bodies and connecting them via our central nervous system so we can control them we will very quickly learn to use these extra limbs with the same casual abandon we do currently with all of our limbs at the moment.
The human mind is a wonderful tool and we have a long way to go before we find out all it can do.