Human brain plasticity: Evidence from sensory deprivation and altered language experience

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2002, Pages 177-188

  Neville, Helen ^a   Bavelier, Daphne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; BLINDNESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SIGN LANGUAGE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036455747     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)38078-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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