title: Cognitive neuroscience: rewired or crosswired brains?
abstract: A new study of congenitally blind participants has provided important insights into the neuronal mechanisms of brain reorganization after injury, with implications for our knowledge of other cross-modal phenomena, such as synaesthesia, and for the generation of qualia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK. roico@bgu.ac.il
authors.forename: Roi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cohen Kadosh
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000151:congenital* / Q000209:etiology; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation