Stephen Black wrote:
[snip]
> This may also be my source of the 19th century speculation that "if the
> auditory and visual nerves were crossed, leaving their connections to the
> brain intact, then we could _see_ thunder and _hear_ lightning. I
> understand that this has actually been accomplished anatomically in the
> ferret (Roe et al, 1990). No word from the ferret yet on what this does
> to its perception of a thunderstorm.
>> References
>> Roe, A. Hahm, J., & Sur, M. (1990). A map of visual space induced in
> primary auditory cortex. Science, 250, 818-
...this ferret thing is interesting. I'd missed this. I'll give it a read.
Thank you. ken collins
_____________________________________________________
People hate because they fear, and they fear because
they do not understand, and they do not understand
because hating is less work than understanding.
