We Are Learning to Exploit the Amazing Plasticity of the Brain From: Discover Magazine - 10/2010 - page 57 By: Oliver Sacks The term, sensory substitution, is a concept originally introduced by an extraordinary man, the neuroscientist Paul Bach-y-Rita. He wondered whether, by using a video camera and connecting it up pixel for pixel to an area on the skin, one could form a mental picture based on tactile impulses felt by the skin. He tried the tongue, which has the finest sensory discrimination in the body. With such a device, a blind person can form a picture of the environment sufficiently detailed, for example, to catch a ball that is rolled toward him. Read the entire article at: http://discovermagazine.com/2010/oct/13-oliver-sacks-exploit-plasticity-of-brain Links: Paul Bach-y-Rita http://www.salus.edu/nclvi/honoring/bach_y_rita.htm Oliver Sacks http://www.oliversacks.com/