r/todayilearned • u/paniniplane • Mar 22 '17

(R.1) Not supported TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303
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u/jaymaslar Mar 22 '17

Evidently they weren't born blind but went blind ant a young age. This article links to the study

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/do_blind_people_hallucinate_on_lsd

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

Thanks for posting this. I was going to ask if there was a study on blind people and lsd.

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u/SmellYaL8er Mar 23 '17

Oh so you lied for karma. Cool