Posted by Larry Hoover on March 4, 2009, at 8:54:03
In reply to Does anyone know about brains? Technically?, posted by Dinah on March 4, 2009, at 7:53:51
The crude optical signal is processed first in two paired regions of the brain (lateral geniculate body) that are not frontal. In humans, the region would be just above and internal from your ear lobe. From there, the signals pass to the very rearmost part of the brain, where the two signals are combined and interpreted.
Just guessing from the beneficial response, the bad eye, or the bad LGB, may have been sending faulty data which made it difficult for her to interpret what her eyes were transmitting. Now that the bad eye is no longer sending anything at all, what the hind-brain receives may finally be free from "static", and she can make sense of things once again.
I guess this is a wonderful example of silver linings within dark clouds.
Take care,
Lar
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