Cortical Reorganization: Reallocated Responses without Rewiring

Antony B Morland¹, Holly D H Brown², Heidi A Baseler³

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¹ Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK; York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, UK. Electronic address: antony.morland@york.ac.uk.
² Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK; York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, UK.
³ York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, UK; Hull-York Medical School, York, UK.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.003

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Cortical Reorganization: Reallocated Responses without Rewiring

Antony B Morland et al. Curr Biol. 2021.

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. 2021 Jan 25;31(2):R76-R78.

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.003.

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Antony B Morland¹, Holly D H Brown², Heidi A Baseler³

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¹ Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK; York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, UK. Electronic address: antony.morland@york.ac.uk.
² Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK; York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, UK.
³ York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, UK; Hull-York Medical School, York, UK.

PMID: 33497635
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.003

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Is the brain able to reorganise following loss of sensory input? New work on individuals with sight loss shows that, while brain areas normally allocated to vision respond to other sensory stimuli, those responses are unlikely to mean the brain has rewired.

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