Sensory deprivation such as deafness or blindness leads to specific functional and neural reorganization. A new study gives insight into why and how certain abilities change, while others remain unaltered after the loss of a sense.
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Bavelier, D., Hirshorn, E. I see where you're hearing: how cross-modal plasticity may exploit homologous brain structures. Nat Neurosci 13, 1309–1311 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1110-1309
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