NeuroscienceMay 1, 2010
Uncanny Sight in the Blind
Some people who are blind because of brain damage have "blindsight": an extraordinary ability to react to emotions on faces and even navigate around obstacles without knowing they can see anything
Stories by Beatrice de Gelder
Beatrice de Gelder is professor of cognitive neuroscience, with appointments at Maastricht University in the Netherlands and at University College London. De Gelder investigates the neuroscience of cognition and emotions encountered in the face, the whole body and voice expressions and the ways these processes interact in both healthy and damaged brains. Her most recent book is Emotions and the Body (Oxford University Press, 2016).