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"Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding what happens to the human brain after someone goes blind. The study out of the University of Pisa, Italy, found that the adult brain can actually learn to 'see again' many years after a person went totally blind." (cbsnews.com)
submitted by trot-trot
trot-trot [OP] 1 points 6y ago
1. Here is the study published in PLOS Biology on 25 October 2016:
"Visual BOLD Response in Late Blind Subjects with Argus II Retinal Prosthesis" by E. Castaldi, G. M. Cicchini, L. Cinelli, L. Biagi, S. Rizzo, and M. C. Morrone: http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002569
2. "After blindness, the adult brain can learn to see again", published on 25 October 2016: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/p-abt102416.php
"Visual BOLD Response in Late Blind Subjects with Argus II Retinal Prosthesis" by E. Castaldi, G. M. Cicchini, L. Cinelli, L. Biagi, S. Rizzo, and M. C. Morrone: http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002569
2. "After blindness, the adult brain can learn to see again", published on 25 October 2016: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/p-abt102416.php
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