Early but not late-blindness leads to enhanced auditory perception

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 344-348

  Wan, Catherine Y ^a,b   Wood, Amanda G ^b,c   Reutens, David C ^b,d   Wilson, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Blind; Brain plasticity; Onset age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ONSET AGE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549136829     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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