Blind Man Sees With Subconscious Eye : NPR: "Scientists are reporting the remarkable case of a blind man who can see."
This story is really cool. A man who had two strokes is blind- or is he? His eyes are not damaged, but the part of his brain that processes concious vision is not functioning. So he can't see. However, when faced with obstacles, he moves around them- his subconcious is able to process the images!
It's amazing. It's also kind of screwed-up, because the reseachers made him walk an obstacle course down a hallway without telling him anything was there. "Hey blind guy- walk over here!" (snicker snicker)
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