Blind man can 'see emotion'
A COMPLETELY blind British man had been shown to possess an apparent “sixth sense” which let him recognise emotions on people’s faces, British scientists said in research released today.
The 52-year-old was able to react to pictures of human faces showing emotions such as anger, happiness or fear, the researchers said.
The man, identified only as “patient X”, has suffered two strokes which damaged the brain areas that process visual signals, leaving him completely blind.
However his eyes and optic nerves are intact, and brain scans showed that he appeared to somehow use a part of the brain not usually used for sight to process visual signals linked to some emotions.
When researchers from the University of Wales showed the man images of shapes such as circles and squares, he could only guess what they were, and had a similar lack of success determining the gender of emotionless male and female faces.
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