The Impact of Sensory; Linguistic and Social Deprivation on Cognition

• Auteur principal: Matthew Dye (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Olivier Pascalis (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Collection: Frontiers Research Topics
• Sujets: Psychology; institutionalization; visual perception; blindness; spatial localization; language deprivation; cognitive development; plasticity; auditory perception; deafness
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Early experience plays a crucial role in determining the trajectory of cognitive development. For example, early sensory deprivation is known to induce neural reorganization by way of adaptation to the altered sensory experience. Neville and Bavelier's "compensatory theory'' hypo...