New research reveals that the brains of both sighted and blind individuals adapt similarly when learning to use sound echoes for navigating the world without vision. This groundbreaking study, published in Cerebral Cortex, is the first to use MRI scans to examine brain activity in sighted and blind participants before and after training in echolocation. The findings suggest that the human brain has a remarkable capacity for adaptation, regardless of visual ability. The human brain’s ability to reorganize and adapt in response to new experiences, known as neuroplasticity, has been a topic of in…