Hey @leaky20 :D
I'm so pleased you found this post interesting! I found this study particularly fascinating and it took me a while to find a way (in my head) to write it in a manner that wouldn't send people straight to sleep 😂 What you said about the brain is spot on! Well, the days when it was believed that "this little area here is exclusively responsible for this function and that one for that, seem to be, thank God!, long gone :)
Interesting info you provided here about compensatory systems in blind individuals. It brought to mind a piece of research I came across a while back that points to the possibility of cortical blindness protecting people from developing schizophrenia. For reasons similar to the ones you highlighted here : early developmental neuroplasticity that compensates and/or enhances brain processes (e.g. sound perception and construction of subjective experiences), which often don't function well in individuals living with schizophrenia :)
Thank you @leaky20, for your constant, encouraging support.
You guys take care over there!