If an individual becomes blind due to injury or disease, what change will accompany learning to read using Braille?

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Learning Braille requires the person to use their fingers to read, which leads to increased activity and changes in the somatosensory cortex responsible for processing touch information from the fingers. This region of the brain may increase in size as a result of the increased demand for tactile processing. The motor cortex controlling eye and face movements (B) would not be directly involved in Braille reading, so it would not be expected to change significantly. The frontal lobes (C) are involved in a wide range of cognitive functions, but there is no evidence to suggest that they develop greater mapping skills in response to learning Braille. The occipital lobes (D) are responsible for visual processing and would likely shrink in size due to lack of use following blindness, but this would not be directly related to learning Braille.

If an Individual Becomes Blind Due to Injury or Disease