PET (positron emission tomography) scans of the brains of people who have been blind since birth reveal high neural activity in the visual centers of the cerebral cortex when these people read Braille. However, when sighted individuals run their fingers over the raised letters of Braille, the visual centers do not show increased activity. Explain these experimental results.

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