For centuries, anecdotal evidence such as the perfect pitch of the blind piano tuner or blind
musician has supported the notion that individuals who have lost their sight early in life have …

Valuable insights into the role played by visual experience in shaping spatial
representations can be gained by studying the effects of visual deprivation on the remaining …

Task-based neuroimaging studies in early blind humans (EB) have demonstrated
heightened visual cortex responses to non-visual paradigms. Several prior functional …

There is evidence that blind people may strengthen their memory skills to compensate for
absence of vision. However, which aspects of memory are involved is open to debate and a …

Several authors have noted that there are no reported cases of people with schizophrenia
who were born blind or who developed blindness shortly after birth, suggesting that …

Behavioural and neurophysiological evidence suggest that vision plays an important role in
the emergence and development of arithmetic abilities. However, how visual deprivation …

It is generally acknowledged that people blind from birth develop supra-normal sensory
abilities in order to compensate for their visual deficit. While extensive research has been …

Previous studies reported that congenitally blind people possess superior verb-generation
skills. Here we tested the impact of blindness on capacity and the fidelity of semantic …

Neurodevelopmental disorders are traditionally characterised by a range of associated
cognitive impairments in, for example, sensory processing, facial recognition, visual …

Until recently, a commonly held view was that blindness resulted in enhanced auditory
abilities, underpinned by the beneficial effects of cross-modal neuroplasticity. This viewpoint …