[stylist] NEW THOUGHT PROVOKER #146- Blindness Makes YourotherSenses Stronger

[Barbara Hammel]

I also tell people that it's a difference between hearing and listening. 
You know, there are sighted people who look and sighted people who see.  We 
blind folks listen--now that doesn't mean we do it all the time.
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:59 AM
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] NEW THOUGHT PROVOKER #146- Blindness Makes 
YourotherSenses Stronger

> Hello:
>
>     After reading Thought Provoker #146, I did a Google search with the 
> terms "remapping visual cortex" (omitting quotes). There have been some 
> studies showing that the visual cortexes of blind people are remapped. The 
> visual cortex is the part of the brain that processes visual input from 
> the eyes. I am not a psychologist but my thought is that there are blind 
> people with both  a heightened awareness of their surroundings and 
> enhanced sensitivity due to a remapped visual cortex. This will vary 
> depending on the onset of blindness.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
>
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