Scientists probe connection between sight and touch in the brain

Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 14:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Scientists have discovered that as you look at an object, your brain not only processes what the object looks like, but remembers what it feels like to touch it as well. This connection is so strong that a computer examining data coming only from the part of your brain that processes touch can predict which object you are actually looking at.

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