The Limits of Shape Recognition following Late Emergence from Blindness

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2373-2378

  McKyton, Ayelet ^a   Ben Zion, Itay ^b,c   Doron, Ravid ^b,c   Zohary, Ehud ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84942297501     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.040     Document Type: Article

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