The 2 main objectives of this article are to review a variety of literatures in which the concept
of compensation is used and to integrate the results of this review into a general framework …

Why study the vertebrate auditory system? Throughout the ages, when scholars have
attempted to define objectively the qualities that distinguish man from other animals, the …

The auditory and visual modalities differ in their capacities for temporal analysis, and speech
relies on more rapid temporal contrasts than does sign language. We examined whether …

This experiment compared the visual sensory sensitivity of deaf and hearing subjects in a
signal detection paradigm. Subjects (ns:= 6) were required to give forced-choice responses …

A comparison of deaf and hearing subjects on temporal visual resolving power was
conducted within a signal-detection paradigm. Subjects were required to make forced …

To date, the extent to which early experience shapes the functional characteristics of neural
circuits is still a matter of debate. In the present study, we tested whether congenital …

The influence of prior exposure to an altered sensory environment on subsequent subjective
time estimation was the focus of the present study. It was hypothesized that the more varied …

The problem of how individuals react to the sensory messages they re-ceive from the world
around them and how this process is influenced by the diverse cultural and technological …

Visual temporal acuity, as measured by the critical flicker frequency decreased and then
increased during 24 hours of auditory deprivation. This intermodal effect is similar to …

Reviews the work of the Manitoba Sensory Isolation Laboratory from 1964 to 1974. The
results of studies of the inter-and intramodal effects of unimodal deprivation and their …