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The Blind Use the Visual Cortex to Process Sound

The Blind Use the Visual Cortex to Process Sound

60-Second Mind

May 28, 20112m 34s

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Recent research has confirmed that in blind subjects who use echolocation to navigate, it is the visual part of the brain that processes the auditory echoes. Christie Nicholson reports