<story><title>When Blind People Do Algebra, the Brain&apos;s Visual Areas Light Up</title><url>http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/19/494593600/when-blind-people-do-algebra-the-brain-s-visual-areas-light-up</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rvense</author><text>When people see, the brain&amp;#x27;s algebra area lights up.</text></comment>
<story><title>When Blind People Do Algebra, the Brain&apos;s Visual Areas Light Up</title><url>http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/19/494593600/when-blind-people-do-algebra-the-brain-s-visual-areas-light-up</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>OskarS</author><text>&lt;i&gt;A functional MRI study of 17 people blind since birth found that areas of visual cortex became active when the participants were asked to solve algebra problems, a team from Johns Hopkins reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I&amp;#x27;m gonna take this study with a grain of salt. Too many &amp;quot;fMRI studies of 17 people&amp;quot; have turned out to be barely disguised hooey.</text></comment>