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People who are blind may use the brain’s visual cortex for movement

16 March 2022

The brain’s visual cortex may be reorganised to control movement in people who cannot see
A ghostly figure

Flashing checkerboard patterns let us see a picture that doesn’t exist

26 August 2018

Using patterned light to illuminate an object and then flashing those same patterns on a screen can let our eyes build up an image that isn’t really there

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