Missing sights: Consequences for visual cognitive development

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 144-151

  Maurer, Daphne ^a,b   Lewis, Terri L ^a,b,c   Mondloch, Catherine J ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DISEASES; PLASTICITY; STABILIZATION; TRANSIENTS; VISUALIZATION;

CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONGENITAL CATARACT; HEBBIAN COMPETITION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; BLINDNESS; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONVALESCENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRICS; PLASTICITY; VISION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 14644438539     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2005.01.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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