The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 February 1964 — Page 4

THE DAILY BANNER

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA

TUES., FEB. 4, 1964. Page 4

4 YOU RUE Aim

By LESTER L. COLEMAN, M.D.

Seeing With Fingers

SCIENTISTS are exceedingly skeptical when strange and unusual phenomena are reported. But after evaluation and deep inquiry, they sometimes accept the validity of such events, even if they cannot adequately be explained. Recently two experiences— one in the United States and another in Soviet Russia— called attention to two women who had the remarkable capacity to “see” with their finDr. Coleman gertips. D r. Richard P. Youtz, Professor of Psychology at Barnard College in New York, has performed exhaustive tests on a woman in Michigan who is able to identify colors in total darkness through her fingertips. The mysterious faculty is uniquely developed in this one person, although some other people seem to have the same capacity to a lesser degree. Ingenious Tests Dr. Youtz has designed ingenious tests to determine if the texture of the paper or the temperature of the fingertips is related to this unusual gift. Even in total darkness, when the colored paper is covered with glass, identification of the colors is startlingly correct. The conclusions have been sufficiently interesting to induce the National Institute of Mental Health to sponsor further research. It is hoped that the information derived from these painstaking researches may eventually be converted to advantageous help for the blind. Similar Case The Academy of Sciences in the U.S.S.R. has been studying a similar phenomenon with a young woman who seems to posses “sight” in her fingertips. When completely blindfolded,

she is able to distinguish fine shades of light and dark and is even able to read texts and identify people in a photograph. Dr. M. Bongard and Dr. M. Smirnov from the Moscow Institute for the Transmission of Information found that surprising numbers of people taken at random possess the ability to see with their fingers in varying degrees. Skepticism was slowly replaced by enthusiasm when the young woman was found to be able to recognize an image on a screen and distinguish shapes and forms, even when they were covered with glass. Encouraged To Continue The investigators then tried to relate photosensitive spots on the fingertips to similar areas in the human eye. They w’ere astounded to find strange similarity that encouraged them to continue their testing. It was found that approximately one person out of six had fingertips that could distinguish differences in color and shades of light and dark. None of these people had been aware that they possessed this unusual fingertip “visual

talent.”

“Stockpiling” Results These studies continue in the United States and in Russia. The results of the psychological testing are being added to each other’s “stockpile” of valuable information. The pursuit of such scientific information at first glance seems theoretical and preposterous, but studies far more bizarre have contributed to the benefit of man. The possibility that the blind may “see” encourages the continuance of this important research. While Dr. Coleman cannot undertake to answer individual letters, he uiU use readers* questions in his column whenever possible and when they are of general interest. Address your letters to Dr. Coleman in care of this neicspaper.

maneuver ? The spade finesse lost to the king and back came a club to force out dummy’s ace. Now the defenders were in position to take a club trick when South knocked out the ace of diamonds. Declarer lost a trick in each suit— one trick more than he could afford. SHOULD NOT FINESSE South lost the contract by trying the spade finesse. He could reach dummy only by opening the door to a club trick for the opponents, and this was the trick he could not afford to lose. After winning the first trick with fhe ace of hearts South should immediately lead a low spade. If the opponents refuse the trick South should re-

turn a spade from dummy and once more play low from his hand. The idea is to draw trumps without disturbing dummy's high clubs. (South should not begin the trumps by taking the ace since that would be dangerous it either opponent held four trumps headed by the king.) If West takes the first or second spade and returns a club, dummy wins with the king of clubs, and declarer draws the rest of the trumps. South then leads diamonds to force out the ace. Dummy still has the ace of clubs, and declarer can discard his losing club on one of dummy’s good diamonds. DAILY QUESTION Partner opens with one heart,

and the next player passes. You hold: S-7 5 H-K 9 8 4 2 D-8 5 C-Q J 10 9. What do you say? Answer: Bid two hearts. Despite the excellent trump support, this is a very poor hand and you ccn afford only a weak response.

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