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What Oliver Sacks Learned From His Own Eye Cancer
"In general terms, I learned that the brain is always busy. In particular, if a sensory input - whether it be vision or hearing or kinesthesia - is taken away, there will be some sort of compensation, and the cortical systems involved in those representations will become hyperactive." PLoS (Public Library of Science) 09/01/10
Posted September 2, 2010 09:43 PM





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