tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post6561652510204689076..comments2024-03-09T09:06:35.288+00:00Comments on Notes from Two Scientific Psychologists: Bojana Danilovic, the woman who sees the world upside downAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-6617094559329287592021-03-09T04:19:15.968+00:002021-03-09T04:19:15.968+00:00Glad this comment section is still active. Please ...Glad this comment section is still active. Please contact me as soon as possible. You can view my website to get some idea why... visualdyslexia.comTeachermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08409420929760410774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-23980078275239479452015-04-15T17:13:19.101+01:002015-04-15T17:13:19.101+01:00This is a hoax. Why? Because as she it is said she...This is a hoax. Why? Because as she it is said she got this from birth it can be said her brain knows nothing better than what it sees. She got in class learning letters and numbers 'upside down' so what is the problem she has to turn pages and televisions uposide down suddenly AGAIN? Duh! Busted!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-13440481767185782882014-06-03T14:32:16.041+01:002014-06-03T14:32:16.041+01:00Me too
Me too<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551712125031921532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-17798172178134795482014-01-09T14:07:32.138+00:002014-01-09T14:07:32.138+00:00For years I have been trying to find an answer to ...For years I have been trying to find an answer to why dyslexic children (and adults) read and write better upside-down. <br />See http://www.pireading.com<br />My theory is similar to what you say above: that their image processing never "flipped" because it always worked just fine for them inverted. So they actually "see" the world upside down.<br />This makes total sense to me, because some of the symptoms of dyslexia are confusion with left-right, up-down, tying shoes, co-ordination etc<br />The biggest problem arises when they have to learn to read "top to bottom, left to right".<br /><br />There have been others who have become famous because of their visual inversion. Google the following:<br />Frank Balek - Upside-Down Schoolboy<br />Marietta Everett - The Upside Down Schoolgirl<br />Gemma Williams<br /><br />I would like to help research this phenomena. I'm already working with MIT to find out the percentage of PI schoolchildren and how PI can help them learn to read.<br /><br />Stephen Roundhttp://www.pireading.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-30487110132331294252013-11-19T03:30:33.386+00:002013-11-19T03:30:33.386+00:00Video proofed it: http://youtu.be/8a0glA1oP_kVideo proofed it: http://youtu.be/8a0glA1oP_kMac Pesherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658046470619437208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-69841144450954571382013-08-28T17:59:45.019+01:002013-08-28T17:59:45.019+01:00Its not fake. I had the same condition that this w...Its not fake. I had the same condition that this women had till I was seven years old. I read backwards and upside down. It was very normal to me. I could also do grade 7 math by the age of 2. During childhood, I did not see myself as a child, this was hard for my parents to accept. I was not normal in this respect. My parents thought there was something wrong with me and sent me to a shrink three times a week. I began reading and see pictures to society standards after seven years old. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-46812549211784150242013-05-22T22:28:50.411+01:002013-05-22T22:28:50.411+01:00The problem with this story is that we don't r...The problem with this story is that we don't read top-down or bottom-up but along horizontal lines - from left to right. You seem to make your dyslectic students read from right to left. This is quite an option - see Arabic or Hebrew, but why and how could it help improve reading in your students? VilemKodytekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161547663393188912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-41141933047891490332013-05-20T01:18:04.037+01:002013-05-20T01:18:04.037+01:00This phenomena is not as rare as you might think. ...This phenomena is not as rare as you might think. In fact, it could be the primary cause of dyslexia. I work with dyslexic students and have found that most of them read and write better upside down.To date I have worked with 20+ children (plus one adult)and have video-taped almost all of them. Want proof? Go to http://www.pireading.com <br /><br />I welcome questions and comments,<br />Stephen RoundTeachermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08409420929760410774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-56641272844671990822013-04-30T16:23:02.405+01:002013-04-30T16:23:02.405+01:00I got a call from a TV company following this up; ...I got a call from a TV company following this up; I filled them in on the fact that this is all pretty weird and many people are calling fake, and they've promised to call me back if they learn anything more. Stay tuned, we might get to the bottom of this yet! :)Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-26204776631754909842013-04-13T09:31:03.824+01:002013-04-13T09:31:03.824+01:00@Neurosceptic:
Yes, but then it's a differen...@Neurosceptic: <br /><br />Yes, but then it's a different story and there had to be a reason why she'd thought she saw the world that way. <br /><br />What it can be? If you try to read texts upside down, you can - well, not so efficiently if you have a habit of reading texts straight. <br /><br />Now - a mere speculation - if one were a dyslectic, one may not mind reading both ways. One has a clear disadvantage and it can just happen to find a way to compensate for it by some extraordinarily ability. I could think out more such possible "so stories". <br /><br />If so, it isn't much a story for ecological psychology.VilemKodytekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161547663393188912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-65098074079856423562013-04-07T10:13:51.233+01:002013-04-07T10:13:51.233+01:00It's possible that it's not a 'fake...It's possible that it's not a 'fake' but a mistake.<br /><br />She might sincerely believe that she sees the world upside down, when in fact she's seeing it <i>the same as everyone else</i> (the only difference is we sincerely believe we see it "right way up" - it's all a matter of labels.)<br /><br />Then, based on her belief in her upside-down world, she turns things upside down - <i>but only when possible</i> i.e. newspapers and monitors etc.<br /><br />She doesn't need to do this - the proof is that she can cope perfectly well with non-upside-down objects like stairs and faces. She just turns things upside down <i>when she can</i>. And over time she's learned to read and watch TV upside down (not very hard).<br /><br />All we need to explain then is why she got this belief. It's a strange idea, but when you think about it, no stranger than all the weird things people believe for religious or cultural reasons.Neuroskeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06647064768789308157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-11156099595897751962013-04-03T02:59:15.024+01:002013-04-03T02:59:15.024+01:00imagine if your head was upside down, for me it he...imagine if your head was upside down, for me it helps with the imagination and i feel i get how her hands when reaching for things physically are moving down say for a cup, its just her visions say shes doing it as if shes going up towards it. due to having since birth i guess she could argue being used to it. so, i want to know when is does she have the feelĂng she could fall constantly to the ceilings or sky. or does she constantly feel like she stood on her hands but feet really. and in a mirror she would look upside down but to us she would move her head down in the physical world, but to hes it would process that picture as if it wher wrong way Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-52568955556280195432013-03-26T18:43:53.349+00:002013-03-26T18:43:53.349+00:00But that's True's point... right... the di...But that's True's point... right... the direction of the text is entirely arbitrary, and you would learn to read it as you normally see it, through the same processes that teach anyone else to read text in the manner they normally see it.Eric Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412168482569793996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-8430037032839998242013-03-22T22:11:43.969+00:002013-03-22T22:11:43.969+00:00I see everything twice! Heller's Yosarian woul...I see everything twice! Heller's Yosarian would be a lovely candidate for scientific psychology. ;)VilemKodytekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161547663393188912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-70892182949465933332013-03-21T12:18:29.256+00:002013-03-21T12:18:29.256+00:00Gravity gives you a direction, but that direction ...Gravity gives you a direction, but that direction isn't 'up' or 'down', it's just 'in one direction'. So it's a reference axis, but that's all (as evidenced by the prism adaptation stuff).Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-42151431331475470532013-03-21T10:57:25.181+00:002013-03-21T10:57:25.181+00:00You can but there's often no clear reason to d...You can but there's often no clear reason to do so, plus the world is full of text a specific way up. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-84400317905669408752013-03-21T10:34:57.320+00:002013-03-21T10:34:57.320+00:00It is indeed possible this is a fake; the reports ...It is indeed possible this is a fake; the reports are definitely a bit odd and some people on Twitter had suspicions. The fact that she has to turn anything upside down is the weirdest bit; that fact that it's stuff that isn't About the local dynamics holds, though, I think.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-41965894940496716362013-03-20T17:09:59.678+00:002013-03-20T17:09:59.678+00:00If she's had this problem since birth, why did...If she's had this problem since birth, why didn't she just learn to read upside down? I can read upside down, I think most people could if they were so inclined.True Mathematicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764449756846721144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-78979862201950914232013-03-20T16:41:05.972+00:002013-03-20T16:41:05.972+00:00I agree - I think she's a fraud who didn't...I agree - I think she's a fraud who didn't think her fakery through very well!<br /><br />wrt your blog though, surely there are lots of cues in the environment about which way 'up' is (gravity, for one!)Gavin Buckinghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08539613027114375642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-83820522818362940362013-03-20T16:35:00.190+00:002013-03-20T16:35:00.190+00:00This looks utterly bogus to me. The reporting has ...This looks utterly bogus to me. The reporting has the flavour of the Weekly World News. I haven't found any reputable sources. The video is utterly uncompelling. Any vision scientist worth her salt would bring such an extremely bizarre case to everyone's attention pronto. I call shenanigans.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698509790614656032noreply@blogger.com