Congenital blindness is protective for schizophrenia and other psychotic illness. A whole-population study - PubMed
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Congenital/early blindness is reportedly protective against schizophrenia. Using a whole-population cohort of 467,945 children born in Western Australia between 1980 and 2001, we examined prevalence of schizophrenia and psychotic illness in individuals with congenital/early blindness. Overall, 1870 …
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Original Title: TIL that researchers have found zero cases of people born with “cortical blindness” ever developing schizophrenia. This protection does not apply to people who lose their sight later in life, leading scientists to believe the brain’s early rewiring creates a natural immunity.