Bats and dolphins are known for their ability to use echolocation. They emit bursts of sounds
and listen to the echoes that bounce back to detect the objects in their environment. What is …

An exciting possibility for compensating for loss of sensory function is to augment deficient
senses by conveying missing information through an intact sense. Here we present an …

Understanding the factors that determine if a person can successfully learn a novel sensory
skill is essential for understanding how the brain adapts to change, and for providing …

The functional specializations of cortical sensory areas were traditionally viewed as being
tied to specific modalities. A radically different emerging view is that the brain is organized …

The perceptual brain is designed around multisensory input. Areas once thought dedicated
to a single sense are now known to work with multiple senses. It has been argued that the …

In congenital blindness (CB), tactile, and auditory information can be reinterpreted by the
brain to compensate for visual information through mechanisms of brain plasticity triggered …

Objective: We present a device that combines principles of ultrasonic echolocation and
spatial hearing to provide human users with environmental cues that are 1) not otherwise …

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 …

In the investigation of the brain areas involved in human spatial navigation, the traditional
focus has been on visually guided navigation in sighted people. Consequently, it is unclear …

This special issue of Vision Research marks the second of two issues on the perception of
materials and their properties, which together capture a snapshot of the diverse array of …