Neuroplasticity: Unexpected Consequences of Early Blindness

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2015, Pages R998-R1001

  Murray, Micah M ^a,b,c   Matusz, Pawel J ^a,d,e   Amedi, Amir ^f,g,h  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^h SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84945581907     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.054     Document Type: Short Survey

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