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Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400320001-8 CPYRGHT UNCLASSIFIED his ears."" This evoked strong repercussions at home and abroad. Conse- quently, more than ten teenagers who also had this kind of function were discovered one after another in Beijing, Anhui, Hubei, and other places, In September 1979, Nature Journal (Ziran Zazhi) carried a report on "Nonvisual Pattern Recognition" written by a correspondent of the journal on the basis of his personal observation, This article confirmed that the exceptional function of the human body, or, as it was depicted in the newspapers, "recognizing the characters with ears," actually existed and is worth studying. The journal then, in its issues Numbers 10 through . . . : : 1-4 : . 12 carried in succession other experimental observations by scientists of Beijing University, Anhui Teachers University, and other units, which verified the authenticity of the function, In February 1980, in Shanghai, the Nature Journal editorial department presided over the "First Science Symposium on the Extraordinary Function 1 of the Human Body,’ attended by representatives from eight provinces and three municipalities, After this the various exceptional functions of the human body, including "recognizing the characters with ears," became generally known as the "extraordinary function of the human body," which is now the general term being used in the Chinese literature. With the impetus of the symposium, the research work has developed further in various places, and in May 1981, the "Second Science Symposium on the Extraordinary Function of the Human Body" was held in Chongqing. Some famous scientists submitted their papers’ and many others read their research reports at the symposium. Diverse thoughts from different schools were incorporated, but no conclusion was drawn at the symposium. Before the end of the symposium the Preparatory Committee of the Chinese Human- Body Science Institute was set up after deliberation and consultation, Afterwards, in January, 1982, the preparatory committee convened a special discussion in physics, 40 Approved For Release 2000/0 8/9 NY C4 FAS SPS (9 400320001-8