After suffering a stroke that damaged right-brain tissue, including the primary visual cortex, a 68-year-old college professor could no longer see most objects on his left side. Then, under the supervision of Krista Schendel and Lynn C. Robertson, both of the Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System in Martinez, the professor literally reached out to recapture some of his lost sight.
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