A Possible Role of Prolonged Whirling Episodes on Structural Plasticity of the Cortical Networks and Altered Vertigo Perception: The Cortex of Sufi Whirling Dervishes

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Whirling dervishes and their cortical plasticity: It appears that whirling dervishes achieved a triumph over vertigo by their cortical plasticity https://t.co/vakM8i3RK1. Could this be why these Sufi mystics also come across as so "grounded"!? #spiritu…

スフィストのダンスって瞑想やったんや...https://t.co/RuzoVHVjOE

RT @bozhobg: > goes to a Sufi concert > wonders why the whirling doesn't cause vertigo https://t.co/l2BsSepj1s > finds relevant neuroscienc…

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