Jerry has been blind for several decades. If you show him a picture of a bear that is snarling and about to attack, he says he cannot see anything. Nevertheless, for some reason he feels a bit scared about the picture. What did Jerry just experience?

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Jerry experienced "blind sight," a phenomenon where individuals who are clinically blind due to damage to their primary visual cortex can still respond to visual stimuli without consciously seeing them. This suggests that some visual information is processed through alternative pathways, allowing for a non-conscious perception of the visual environment.

Jerry Has Been Blind for Several Decades