How Does the Brain Adapt to the Restoration of Eyesight? (IMAGE)

University of Montreal

How Does the Brain Adapt to the Restoration of Eyesight?

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Recent scientific advances have meant that eyesight can be partially restored to those who previously would have been blind for life. However, scientists at the University of Montreal and the University of Trento have discovered that the rewiring of the senses that occurs in the brains of the long-term blind means that visual restoration may never be complete.

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