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So they're not actually blind (their eyes work) but their visual cortex doesn't perceive a conscious view of the world, they're somehow able to perceive the wor
by kneel 9y ago
So they're not actually blind (their eyes work) but their visual cortex doesn't perceive a conscious view of the world, they're somehow able to perceive the world without the visual cortex.
- metaphorm 9y agocorrect. blindsight is a fascinating topic in cognitive neuroscience because it is direct evidence for the existence of multiple different cognitive subsystems for visual processing, and it is fascinating that each of these subsystems has very different attributes w.r.t representation as objects of consciousness, reaction time, resolution, etc.
- beaconstudios 9y agois it that their visual cortex doesn't work, or that it does but the pathway between the visual cortex and prefrontal cortex is severed? It seems like she can see, but her conscious mind isn't getting the data - so when she's acting automatically, her subconscious mind still picks up the visual information and reflexively acts accordingly.
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