...otherwise known as cortical blindness
(wikipedia link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortical_visual_impairment )
I used to see patients with this when I used to work on an acute stroke ward - granted it's not as common as your regular lost-all-use-of-arm-and-leg stroke.
People can see, just not enough to interpret building models of aircraft.
(, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 11:40, Reply)
Thanks for the wiki link
The brain never fails to amaze me, the only shame is that we seem to do most of our figuring out how it works when it's broken...
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DrPrunesquallor is determined to post more as of, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 12:04,
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Brains are truely weird things.
None so weird as a non-dominant hemisphere stroke; those guys don't often believe they've had a stroke at all, and make an attempt to get out of bed.
Also, if you're interested in such things, look up 'visual neglect'. Often leads to people being quite literally, half-dressed...
(, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 12:06, Reply)
That visual neglect thing is pretty wierd
I see an educational half-hour on wikipedia ahead...
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DrPrunesquallor is determined to post more as of, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 12:13,
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