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V2, a special region in the visual cortex, stitches together the visual data from each eye to produce one seamless 3-D image.
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We've talked before about how surprisingly flexible the brain is. Learn about the amazing connection between sign language and the brain.
Eye nerves are connected with other areas of the brain like the thalamus. These areas don't allow a person to be consciously aware of what they are seeing, but they take in the information.
Scientists found that some blind people can follow spots with their eyes or point them out.
In the Academy Award-winning movie “Ray,” the young, recently blinded Ray Charles is shown to have very finely tuned hearing. Standing very still in the middle of a room, he is able to track down the hushed movements of a small bug. It was even reported that Jamie Foxx, the actor who played Ray Charles, when he was artificially blinded began to tune in to sounds he otherwise would not have noticed. Is it true that blind people have better, almost supernatural hearing abilities? Learn more on this Moment of Science.
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