Tool-Extended Perception

Brain Lenses

0:00

-4:15

Tool-Extended Perception

Colin Wright

Mar 29, 2022

Share

More information about Brain Lenses at brainlenses.com.

BL supporters receive an additional episode of the show each week. Info about becoming a supporter at the above address, or at Understandary.com.

Read the written version of this episode:

Brain Lenses

Tool-Extended Perception

All sorts of animals have been documented using tools to expand their perceptual reach: chimps muck around in anthills with sticks and are able to feel how best to stir the pot to get their creepy, crawly treats to emerge, and spiders use vibrations in their webs—caused by struggling prey—to triangulate that prey's location…

Discussion about this episode

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts