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About: We rarely pay attention to how important our senses are. Especially the touch. It seems less exciting than vision, smell or hearing. But this video will prove that such assumption can’t be more far from truth.
Video details & Credits:
- Duration: 340 seconds;
- Format: 2d graphics with character animation;
- Type: Animated Explainer Video;
- Client: TED-Ed (USA);
- Production: Darvideo Animation Studio | darvideo.tv;
- Timing: 20 weeks.
Story: In 1971, Ian Waterman suddenly collapsed from a severe case of what seemed to be gastric flu. His illness passed after a few days, but a stranger set of symptoms lingered. Although his muscles and joints remained healthy, Waterman was unable to move.
In fact, he was unable to feel anything from the neck down. Eventually, he was diagnosed with a rare and extreme form of ‘deafferentation’, a neurological condition in which certain signals from the nervous system are interrupted or impaired.
Without his body’s constant feedback on how his limbs were moving, Waterman was unable to sit up, stand, or walk. But over time, he taught himself to use sight to judge the distance of his limbs from other objects. And eventually, he regained complete control of his body – so long as he could see it…
