Visual maps: To merge or not to merge.
A recent study of a child born with one cerebral hemisphere has revealed an extreme developmental reorganization of visual cortex. Self-organizing visual maps demonstrate a surprisingly flexible restructuring in response to cortical loss.
Brewer
Alyssa A
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Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, 92617, USA. aabrewer@uci.edu
D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology*; D014794:Visual Fields; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000473:pathology*; D014796:Visual Perception