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What category of the blind can perceive visual information on a subconscious level?

Blind due to damage to the visual cortex, people can sometimes perceive the surrounding objects on a subconscious level. In experiments, they can correctly name the shape, color or direction of movement of objects with a probability higher than chance, although they themselves claim that they do not see anything and just guessed. In another experience, a patient with such a phenomenon was asked to walk around the room. Not knowing that it was filled with various obstacles, he went around them on the way to the voice of the researcher. There are several theories about the nature of pseudo-blindness, but to date none of them has been widely accepted.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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