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<blockquote data-quote="Slam23" data-source="post: 223541" data-attributes="member: 896"><p>If you interact often with a machine, the brain incorporates it in our body scheme. It's the same with driving your car: no way people could drive (and park) safely if the car was not an extension of our body. Just see what happens when you borrow or get a new car, it feels strange and especially if it's a different size or your view through the windshield is different, you'll have problems in how confident you are in driving/parking. I guess it's the same way with pinball, you have a mental representation in how a pinball machine should feel and when buttons are placed elsewhere, it doesn't feel right. Offcourse there is also logic to ergonomic placement (you can't nudge easily if they are placed elsewhere), but if we would have learned how to play with buttons on top or front, having them on the side would feel strange. Just watch this excellent video in how our brain displays plasticity but also how hard it can be to unlearn automatic behaviour: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0</a> and this one about how easy our brain incorporates objects in our body scheme when presented with the right set of stimuli: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEayC_fXGYY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEayC_fXGYY</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slam23, post: 223541, member: 896"] If you interact often with a machine, the brain incorporates it in our body scheme. It's the same with driving your car: no way people could drive (and park) safely if the car was not an extension of our body. Just see what happens when you borrow or get a new car, it feels strange and especially if it's a different size or your view through the windshield is different, you'll have problems in how confident you are in driving/parking. I guess it's the same way with pinball, you have a mental representation in how a pinball machine should feel and when buttons are placed elsewhere, it doesn't feel right. Offcourse there is also logic to ergonomic placement (you can't nudge easily if they are placed elsewhere), but if we would have learned how to play with buttons on top or front, having them on the side would feel strange. Just watch this excellent video in how our brain displays plasticity but also how hard it can be to unlearn automatic behaviour: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0[/url] and this one about how easy our brain incorporates objects in our body scheme when presented with the right set of stimuli: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEayC_fXGYY[/url] [/QUOTE]
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