Blind people have brain map for 'visual' observations too

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 17:51 in Psychology & Sociology

Is what you're looking at an object, a face, or a tree? When processing visual input, our brain uses different areas to recognize faces, body parts, scenes, and objects. Scientists have now shown that people who were born blind use a 'brain map' with a very similar layout to distinguish between these same categories.

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