Visual attention functions as a filter to select environmental information for learning and
memory, making it the first step in the eventual cascade of thought and action systems. Here …

Cortical development is dependent on stimulus-driven learning. The absence of sensory
input from birth, as occurs in congenital deafness, affects normal growth and connectivity …

Linear structural equation modeling has become an indispensable methodology for
specifying, estimating, and testing hypothesized interrelationships among a set of …

The ability to remain focused on goal-relevant stimuli in the presence of potentially
interfering distractors is crucial for any coherent cognitive function. However, simply …

There is growing evidence that sensory deprivation is associated with crossmodal
neuroplastic changes in the brain. After visual or auditory deprivation, brain areas that are …

Animal studies have shown that sensory deprivation in one modality can have striking
effects on the development of the remaining modalities. Although recent studies of deaf and …

Studies of experience-driven neuroplasticity at the behavioural, ensemble, cellular and
molecular levels have shown that the structure and significance of the eliciting stimulus can …

Once signed languages are recognized as natural human languages, a world of exploration
opens up. Signed languages provide a powerful tool for investigating the nature of human …

When the brain is deprived of input from one sensory modality, it often compensates with
supranormal performance in one or more of the intact sensory systems. In the absence of …

It has become accepted in the neuroscience community that perception and performance
are quintessentially multisensory by nature. Using the full palette of modern brain imaging …