Thriving in the Cold and Phantom Choirs: Insights from Winter Living and Cochlear Implants
December 26, 2025, 12:20 AM EST. Two science segments explore human adaptation: a psychologist and author of How To Winter describes what we can learn from people thriving in the coldest places, highlighting resilience, mental strategies, and the biology of cold tolerance. In a separate story, neurologist Bruce Dobkin explains how a cochlear implant led to a phantom choir perception-a looping auditory sensation that reveals the brain’s plasticity and the lingering mysteries of perception after sensory augmentation. Toreceiveher, these pieces illuminate how the brain and body adapt to extreme environments and technological interventions, from environmental coping to post-implant auditory experiences.
















Leave a Reply