Rewiring the adult brain — Scanning the mind of a blind 'Batman' reveals that novel maps can emerge in the adult brain
Research reveals a new form of brain plasticity -- formation of 'topographic maps' in the wake of an unusual sensory experience
The adult brain is more malleable than previously thought, according to researchers from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. They trained a 50-year-old man, blind from birth, to "see" by ear, and found that neural circuits in his brain formed so-called topographic maps - a type of brain organization previously thought to emerge only in infancy. This finding reported recently in END