Do you know how your brain perceives? Classical, centuries-long beliefs about how our brains work overturned by new understandings

Few days ago, a friend recommended to me a fascinating article about the theory behind perception and how it works. The article starts and centers around M who suffers from severe itch and describes her journey in recovering from it..somewhere in the middle it introduces the classical theory behind perception and how the latest advancements made over the past decades are shifting the balance towards a theory that was rejected earlier by many. This new theory has resulted in almost "magical" recoveries for several patients by "tinkering" with the perception received by the brain...To know more about our brain, like you never knew before, click here or visit: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_gawande

I am sure you will be enlightened and amazed when you are done reading it.
I was!