Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Not all forms of blindness are equal. There are many systems running in parallel that help you see, and only when one gets knocked out can you fully understand them. So let's get knocking.
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The Tommy Edison Experience - youtube.com/user/TommyEdisonXP
Special thanks to exurb1a, the voice of Wheatley the Ferret!
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Cowey, A., Alexander, I., Heywood, C., & Kentridge, R. (2008). Pupillary responses to coloured and
contourless displays in total cerebral achromatopsia. Brain, 131(8), 2153-2160.
Das, A., Tadin, D., & Huxlin, K. R. (2014). Beyond Blindsight: Properties of Visual Relearning in Cortically Blind Fields. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(35), 11652-11664. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.1076-14.2014
de Gelder, B., Tamietto, M., van Boxtel, G., Goebel, R., Sahraie, A., van den Stock, J., & Pegna, A. (2008). Intact navigation skills after bilateral loss of striate cortex. Current Biology, 18(24), R1128-R1129. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.002
Weiskrantz, L. (1995). Blindsight: Not an Island Unto Itself. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 4(5), 146-151. Retrieved from jstor.org/stable/20182355
blog.novavision.com/cortical-blindness-and-blindsight
Blindsight experiment - 1989 - Conrad Weiskrantz - youtu.be/wDt_Txi7pC0
TN Blindsight - CANlabTilburg - youtu.be/ACkxe_5Ubq8
Balint Syndrome - ConstellationRyo - youtu.be/4odhSq46vtU
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Video Credits -
What Do Blind People See? - The Tommy Edison Experience - youtu.be/ZDHJRCtv0WY
TN Blindsight - CANlabTilburg - youtu.be/ACkxe_5Ubq8
Balint Syndrome - ConstellationRyo - youtu.be/4odhSq46vtU
Jurassic Park - Universal Pictures - 1993
South Park - Comedy Central
Photo Credits -
i2.cdnds.net/12/33/618x934/movies_ben_affleck_career_gallery_12.jpg
img.tfd.com/MosbyMD/thumb/visual-pathway.jpg (Edited)
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/50ShadesofGreyCoverArt.jpg
Music Credits -
"Furious Freak" and "Daily Beetle (Edited)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Intro Art and Channel Avatar by PoetheWonderCat
twitter.com/ThatCatNamedPoe
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Hashtags: #psychology #blind #blindness #eye #eyes #people #life #color #vision #video #motion #brain #monochome #blackandwhite #bnw
Not all forms of blindness are equal. There are many systems running in parallel that help you see, and only when one gets knocked out can you fully understand them. So let's get knocking.
Website ► knowingbetter.tv
Store ► standard.tv/knowingbetter
Patreon ► patreon.com/knowingbetter
Paypal ► paypal.me/knowingbetter
Twitter ► twitter.com/KnowingBetterYT
Twitch ► twitch.tv/knowingbetteryt
Facebook ► facebook.com/KnowingBetterYT
Instagram ► instagram.com/knowingbetteryt
Reddit ► reddit.com/r/KnowingBetter
---
The Tommy Edison Experience - youtube.com/user/TommyEdisonXP
Special thanks to exurb1a, the voice of Wheatley the Ferret!
youtube.com/c/exurb1a
twitter.com/Exurb1a
---
Cowey, A., Alexander, I., Heywood, C., & Kentridge, R. (2008). Pupillary responses to coloured and
contourless displays in total cerebral achromatopsia. Brain, 131(8), 2153-2160.
Das, A., Tadin, D., & Huxlin, K. R. (2014). Beyond Blindsight: Properties of Visual Relearning in Cortically Blind Fields. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(35), 11652-11664. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.1076-14.2014
de Gelder, B., Tamietto, M., van Boxtel, G., Goebel, R., Sahraie, A., van den Stock, J., & Pegna, A. (2008). Intact navigation skills after bilateral loss of striate cortex. Current Biology, 18(24), R1128-R1129. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.002
Weiskrantz, L. (1995). Blindsight: Not an Island Unto Itself. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 4(5), 146-151. Retrieved from jstor.org/stable/20182355
blog.novavision.com/cortical-blindness-and-blindsight
Blindsight experiment - 1989 - Conrad Weiskrantz - youtu.be/wDt_Txi7pC0
TN Blindsight - CANlabTilburg - youtu.be/ACkxe_5Ubq8
Balint Syndrome - ConstellationRyo - youtu.be/4odhSq46vtU
-
Video Credits -
What Do Blind People See? - The Tommy Edison Experience - youtu.be/ZDHJRCtv0WY
TN Blindsight - CANlabTilburg - youtu.be/ACkxe_5Ubq8
Balint Syndrome - ConstellationRyo - youtu.be/4odhSq46vtU
Jurassic Park - Universal Pictures - 1993
South Park - Comedy Central
Photo Credits -
i2.cdnds.net/12/33/618x934/movies_ben_affleck_career_gallery_12.jpg
img.tfd.com/MosbyMD/thumb/visual-pathway.jpg (Edited)
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/50ShadesofGreyCoverArt.jpg
Music Credits -
"Furious Freak" and "Daily Beetle (Edited)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Intro Art and Channel Avatar by PoetheWonderCat
twitter.com/ThatCatNamedPoe
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Hashtags: #psychology #blind #blindness #eye #eyes #people #life #color #vision #video #motion #brain #monochome #blackandwhite #bnw
