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Some blind can see with ears--study

A new research has found that the part of the brain that processes vision and space perception rewires itself to process sound information in people who are born blind.

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The findings of the study have been published in the March 15 issue of 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.'

Dr. Olivier Collignon of the University of Montreal's Saint-Justine Hospital Research Centre teamed up with Dr. Franco Lepore of the Centre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognition to compare the brain activity of people who can see with those who are born blind.

Blind have advanced sound perception

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