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		rdancer on Jan 2, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why 2015 Was a Breakthrough Year in Artificial Int... For example echolocation (in humans, not bats) is done in visual cortex[1]. Visual cortex shows activity during dreams and imagination. Blind people do use their visual cortex. [1] Sorry, don't have a cite, but there are a lot of results on Google talking about it: https://archive.is/iDE27

DonaldFisk on Jan 2, 2016 [–]

This doesn't surprise me. They are using their visual cortex to process sensory data (auditory images) which substitute for sight.

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