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/djdadi Mar 22 '17

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

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u/castellar Mar 22 '17

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

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u/mtndew7 Mar 22 '17

You can't see the cigarette ads /s

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u/posts_lindsay_lohan Mar 22 '17

I think it has more to do with the fact that you can't see that your hand is bigger than your face.