A report on page 526 of this issue shows that, in blind subjects, the primary visual cortex becomes activated via the neural pathways mediating the sensation of touch. The implications of this finding are many and various.
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Rons, T. Novel sensations in the congenitally blind. Nature 380, 479–480 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/380479a0
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