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Nature 441, 1048 (29 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/4411048a; Published online 28 June 2006

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Seeing is believing as brain reveals its adaptability

Oliver Sacks1 & Ralph M. Siegel2

  1. 2 Horatio Street 3G, New York, New York 10014, USA
  2. Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA

It is traditionally accepted that acquisition of vision must occur in the first year or two of life, before the critical period for vision has elapsed. We were fascinated, therefore, by your News Feature "Look and learn" (Nature 441, 271–272; 2006) reporting acquisition of competent vision in Pawan Sinha's patient following almost 30 years of functional blindness, particularly as we have observed a similar phenomenon in the more limited domain of stereo-blindness.

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