Cross-modal plasticity of tactile perception in blindness

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-281

  Sathian, K ^a,b   Stilla, Randall ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; REVIEW; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952351319     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2010-0534     Document Type: Review

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