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Blindness causes structural brain changes, implying brain can re-organize itself to adapt

November 19, 2009 by

Scientists have confirmed that blindness causes structural changes in the brain, implying that the brain may re-organize itself functionally in order to adapt to a loss in sensory inputs.

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