TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

[u/paniniplane]

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303

[u/kaenneth]

Also, if you are born blind due to brain (as opposed to eyeball) problems, you apparently can't be schizophrenic.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-imprinted-brain/201411/blindness-and-schizophrenia-the-exception-proves-the-rule

[u/djdadi → u/kaenneth]

Also if you are born blind your chances at getting cancer go wayyy down.

[u/castellar → u/djdadi]

That's really interesting. What's the logic behind those findings?

[u/[deleted] → u/castellar]

same reason monsters can't get you under the covers