TIL about blindsight, a phenomenon by which visually blind people can apparently see or detect objects without using their visual cortex
TIL about blindsight, a phenomenon by which visually blind people can apparently see or detect objects without using their visual cortex
It was a footnote in an article I read about a monkey using blindsight and that there had been several experiments with humans proving blindsight existed and that surprised me. As a footnote.
There have been several experiments that indicate people can see without using their visual cortex.
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I think that this is pretty cool i didn’t know anything about it either. The brain is pretty amazing.
Isn't that wild? They've tested people and a chimp so far over the last five decades, apparently investigation into the phenomenon started in the '70s.
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