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Published online 14 May 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.805
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Re-wired for sight and sound
Brains of the previously blind retain 'wiring' even after sight is recovered.
Two people have been found to retain a mark of blindness years after their sight was partially restored. A part of their visual cortex that normally responds to visual motion now also responds to auditory motion.
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