[stylist] Visual cortex

[Donna Hill]

Atty,
There is a wealth of scientific evidence of this. I used Krish Sathian's 
study at Auburn U. when I wrote my series on Braille Literacy for 
American Chronicle, but I've seen references to other studies elsewhere 
and have a friend who participated in several different studies 
including one at a university in Oregon. There is also evidence that in 
blind people audio reading also stimulates the visual cortex, but the 
tactual/visual cortex connection in blind people seems to be even stronger.
Donna

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On 1/16/2011 9:09 PM, The Crowd wrote:
> When we were testifying to the board about braille I mentioned that 
> reading braille stimulates the visual cortex in the brain. I can't 
> even remember where I got that bit of research but there it is.
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