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fromBig Think
1 month agoThe brain after blindness: How newly-sighted people build a visual world
If we told them to look at the face, they could usually manage it. But they were mostly looking at the hands. The Prakash children eventually learn to look at faces when spoken to - usually a few months after their surgeries. Their experiences reveal that seeing doesn't come naturally the moment a person is cured of blindness. Newly-sighted people must learn to see.
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fromScooter in the Sticks
6 months agoSummer Doldrums - Scooter in the Sticks
Unlike most scooter and motorcycle riders, summer has always been the season I ride the least. I've blamed the heat. Or the laziness I feel whenever the temperature rises into the upper 70s. Whatever it is I seem to come back to life when I can step outside in the morning with the temperature at 50. This summer was no different. But a few things were stirred into the mix
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