Have you ever reached for the bottle of water on your desk while reading something on the screen?
Have you ever tapped the back of a rickshaw as it crosses close to your body, without actively computing anything?
How does a footballer subconsciously map the entire field of players to inform their passes?
These all share a common thread: Integration of a spectrum of information from as simple as a brush of air on the forearm to complex visual/auditory cues. The integrated whole is more granular than any of the senses. I believe the swiftness and preciseness of the following action is the product of this phenomenon. I want to unravel this phenomenon with future applications directed towards elevating neurorehabilitation; improving viewing experiences related to movies, games, and anime; improving brain-body connection training programs for athletes.
My approach to research and learning involves a mixture of:
- tracing a phenomenon across history to understand its evolution; and
- following buried threads from the current landscape.
Making clinical diagnoses involves a similar exercise. Two things helped me tremendously when I hit a wall:
- talking through the problem with a team member or friend helps reorganize the entire information in a digestible manner, inducing new connections;
- distracting myself from the problem if time allows. I prefer to game as a distraction.
My PKM system evolved over the last few years. Every evolution was triggered by a limitation I experienced. From a rudimentary textual log to a mind-map based visual system, I was walking a path that serendipitously converged with Zsolt’s Sketch Your Mind philosophy(Viczian 2025). His approach helped me streamline my system into a cohesive framework, which allows me to build the posts on this website.
Dr. Akash Mer
Viczian, Zsolt. 2025. Sketch Your Mind: Nurture a Playful and Creative Brain. Viczián Zsolt. https://community.sketch-your-mind.com/t/read-sketch-your-mind/24.