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Patchwork Labyrinth®

Movement fuels learning. This lesson really begins for Susan Hummel following an accident in 1993. When her concussive symptoms never end, Susan starts tracking how different activities, environments, and foods affect them. Because a revolution is underway in brain science, she also pays close attention to advances in neurology. By 2012, better diagnostics help pinpoint the origins of Susan’s disequilibrium and headaches. Surgeons patch many little holes they find inside the bony labyrinth of her skull.

 

Following two cranial surgeries, Susan’s early observations about healing from injuries to the head are reinforced. Especially how using her hands and feet for repetitive action — crafting, walking, writing — boost learning and memory. By 2023, more neuroscientific discoveries help explain why this insight might be true. Active inference, neuroplasticity, and somato-cognitive action networks all seem to be implicated.

 

Patchwork Labyrinth® is testimonial science. The brain gets the lion’s share of research attention into human cognition, yet much more than the head is involved in gaining knowledge. Humans are whole-body learners.