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Researchers pinpoint brain area where people who are blind recognize faces identified by sound

November 23, 2023 by

Using a specialized device that translates images into sound, neuroscientists showed that people who are blind recognized basic faces using the part of the brain known as the fusiform face area, a region that is crucial for the processing of faces in sighted people.

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