04 · 能看见东西的手
Seeing Hands
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时代语境：本课记录的是当年的“皮肤视觉”报道。“据报道能做到”不等于已获可靠验证；请把人物表现、实验描述与作者推断分开理解，不将其作为已确立的感知能力来学习。
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Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls. One case concerns an eleven-year-old schoolgirl, Vera Petrova, who has normal vision but who can also perceive things with different parts of her skin, and through solid walls. This ability was first noticed by her father. One day she came into his office and happened to put her hands on the door of a locked safe. Suddenly she asked her father why he kept so many old newspapers locked away there, and even described the way they were done up in bundles.
Vera's curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives, and in April she was given a series of tests by a special commission of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federal Republic. During these tests she was able to read a newspaper through an opaque screen and, stranger still, by moving her elbow over a child's game of Lotto she was able to describe the figures and colours printed on it; and, in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colours of a picture hidden under a carpet. Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders had a similar sensitivity. During all these tests Vera was blindfold; and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin. It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.
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Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls. One case concerns an eleven-year-old schoolgirl, Vera Petrova, who has normal vision but who can also perceive things with different parts of her skin, and through solid walls. This ability was first noticed by her father. One day she came into his office and happened to put her hands on the door of a locked safe. Suddenly she asked her father why he kept so many old newspapers locked away there, and even described the way they were done up in bundles.
Vera's curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives, and in April she was given a series of tests by a special commission of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federal Republic. During these tests she was able to read a newspaper through an opaque screen and, stranger still, by moving her elbow over a child's game of Lotto she was able to describe the figures and colours printed on it; and, in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colours of a picture hidden under a carpet. Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders had a similar sensitivity. During all these tests Vera was blindfold; and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin. It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.
俄罗斯近来有几则报道，说有些人能用手指阅读、辨认颜色，甚至能看穿实心的门和墙。其中一例是一名十一岁的女学生维拉·彼托洛娃。她视力正常，据报道却也能用皮肤的不同部位感知物体，甚至能透过实心墙壁“看”到东西。最先注意到这种能力的是她的父亲。有一天，她走进父亲的办公室，碰巧把手放在一个锁着的保险柜门上。她突然问父亲，为什么要把那么多旧报纸锁在里面，甚至还描述了报纸是怎样捆成一束束的。
维拉这种奇特的本领引起了她家附近乌里扬诺夫斯克市一家科研机构的注意。四月，俄罗斯联邦共和国卫生部的一个特别委员会对她做了一系列测试。据这段记载，她能隔着不透明的屏障读报纸；更奇怪的是，把手肘移过儿童玩的乐透游戏板时，她能说出上面印的图形和颜色。另一次，她穿着长筒袜和拖鞋，用脚辨认出藏在地毯下的一幅画的轮廓和颜色。其他实验还显示，她的膝盖和肩部也有类似的感知能力。所有测试中，维拉都蒙着眼睛；事实上，不蒙眼时，她反而不能用皮肤感知物体。测试者还发现，她虽然能用手指感知东西，但手一沾湿，这种能力就消失了。
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