Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e9QIQ7913351; Thu, 26 Oct 2000 14:26:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 14:26:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <9b.bdf7662.2729d04c@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: KathleenBombach@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:251] Re: Fw: Sight, Sound and the Experiential Divide X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 392 Lines: 7 Catherine: It is more than reconstructing meaning for the blind to be able to see. It has to do with the biology of the brain, which is hardwired to create cognitive patterns out of what are random bits of light and dark. People who have their sight restored have brains that 'rewired' the myriad visual pathways to do other things or whose visual pathways have never developed. Kathleen
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