Sensory Development: Brief Visual Deprivation Alters Audiovisual Interactions

Authors

Stephen G. Lomber, The University of Western Ontario
Blake E. Butler, The University of Western OntarioFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-21-2016

Journal

Current Biology

Volume

26

Issue

22

First Page

R1185

Last Page

R1187

URL with Digital Object Identifier

10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.025

Abstract

Two recent studies have independently demonstrated that short periods of visual deprivation early in human development can have long-term functional consequences on sensory perception and on the balance between auditory and visual attention.