From the exhibition:
Brain: The Inside Story
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
In this interactive exhibit, visitors try to read by touching, or using Braille. The brain has plasticity, and can change to make up for loss or adapt to a person’s needs. For example, blind Braille readers use parts of the visual cortex, a sensory area usually reserved for sight, and read the words by “seeing” them.
Credit: Courtesy of AMNH/D. Finnin
Note: Representative image at left is often cropped for display purposes. Downloaded high-resolution images are not cropped.
