From: Grant Callaghan (grantc4@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed 13 Nov 2002 - 15:28:45 GMT
If I remember correctly, she was effectively blind for a short period of 
time.  You can probably get more information on this on the PBS URL under 
Alan Alda's Scientific American series.  I can't remember the name of this 
segment, but it was the last one I saw and came out in the last month or so. 
  Scientific American's URL should also have some reference to the 
experiments and who conducted them.
Grant
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>Grant, did they report what happened to the person's visual functioning
>immediately after that week of darkness? What did it have to adjust from?
>Thanks,
>Lawry
>
>Grant: When the blindfold was removed,
>the rear of the brain went back to processing sight (with a slight period 
>of
>adjustment).
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