Effects of auditory and visual deprivation on human brain development

Clinical Neuroscience Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 248-257

  Neville, Helen J ^a   Bavelier, Daphne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Blindness; Critical period; Deafness; Event related brain potentials; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Motion perception; Neuroplasticity; Spatial attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345856372     PISSN: 15662772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-2772(01)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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