For human and non-human primates, vision is one of the most privileged sensory channels
used to interact with the environment. The importance of vision is strongly embedded in the …

Cognitive neuroscience seeks to discover how cognitive functions are implemented in
neural circuits. Studies of plasticity in blindness suggest that this mind–brain mapping is …

The occipital cortex (OC) of early-blind humans is activated during various nonvisual
perceptual and cognitive tasks, but little is known about its modular organization. Using …

Blindness often results in the adaptive neural reorganization of the remaining modalities,
producing sharper auditory and haptic behavioral performance. Yet, non-visual modalities …

While most of the research in blind individuals classically has focused on the compensatory
plastic rearrangements that follow loss of sight, novel behavioral, anatomical and functional …

Observing and learning actions and behaviors from others, a mechanism crucial for survival
and social interaction, engages the mirror neuron system. To determine whether vision is a …

The “neural Darwinism” theory predicts that when one sensory modality is lacking, as in
congenital blindness, the target structures are taken over by the afferent inputs from other …

The motion-sensitive middle temporal cortex (hMT+ complex) responds also to non-visual
motion stimulation conveyed through the tactile and auditory modalities, both in sighted and …

In two freestanding volumes, the Textbook of Neural Repair and Rehabilitation provides
comprehensive coverage of the science and practice of neurological rehabilitation. Revised …

The study of deafness and blindness has contributed unique knowledge to our
understanding of the brain, showing that environmental experience critically shapes neural …