Sensory hijack: rewiring brains to see with sound - New Scientist - New Scientist

Sensory hijack: rewiring brains to see with sound: ""It turns upside down the way we think about the brain," says Pascual-Leone. Most of us think of our eyes as being like cameras that capture whatever is in front of them and transmit it directly to the brain, he says. But perhaps the brain is just looking for certain kinds of information and will sift through the inputs to find the best match, regardless of which sense it comes from."