Congenital auditory deprivation (deafness) leads to a dysfunctional intrinsic cortical
microcircuitry. This chapter reviews these deficits with a particular emphasis on layer …

Increasing evidence points to the importance of intrinsic molecular cues in specifying the
regional identity of mammalian neocortex. Few such cues, however, have been found to be …

Rethinking Innateness asks the question," What does it really mean to say that a behavior is
innate?" The authors describe a new framework in which interactions, occurring at all levels …

Modules of neurons sharing a common property are a basic organizational feature of
mammalian sensory cortex. Primary visual cortex (V1) is characterized by orientation …

An unresolved issue in cortical development concerns the relative contributions of intrinsic
and extrinsic factors to the functional specification of different cortical areas,,,. Ferrets in …

We introduce a distinction between cortical dominance and cortical deference, and apply it
to various examples ofneural plasticity in which input is rerouted intermodally orintramodally …

The effects of focal brain injury were investigated in the first stages of language
development, during the passage from first words to grammar. Parent report, free-speech …

The term aphasia refers to acute or chronic impairment of language, an acquired condition
that is most often associated with damage to the left side of the brain, usually due to trauma …

A variety of attention-related effects have been demonstrated in primary auditory cortex (A1).
However, an understanding of the functional role of higher auditory cortical areas in guiding …

Aphasia (defined as the loss or impairment of language abilities following acquired brain
injury) is strongly associated with damage to the left hemisphere in adults. This well-known …