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SUBMITTER: Huber E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4500636 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huber Elizabeth E Webster Jason M JM Brewer Alyssa A AA MacLeod Donald I A DI Wandell Brian A BA Boynton Geoffrey M GM Wade Alex R AR Fine Ione I
Psychological science 20150303 4
In 2000, monocular vision was restored to M. M., who had been blind between the ages of 3 and 46 years. Tests carried out over 2 years following the surgery revealed impairments of 3-D form, object, and face processing and an absence of object- and face-selective blood-oxygen-level-dependent responses in ventral visual cortex. In the present research, we reexamined M. M. to test for experience-dependent recovery of visual function. Behaviorally, M. M. remains impaired in 3-D form, object, and fa ...[more]