Cortical plasticity associated with Braille learning

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 168-174

  Hamilton, Roy H ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032077850     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(98)01172-3     Document Type: Article

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