Contents

pp v-viii

List of Contributors

pp ix-x

1 - Plasticity in Sensory Systems

pp 1-6

I - VISUAL AND VISUOMOTOR PLASTICITY

pp 7-8

2 - The Distributed Nature of Visual Object Learning

pp 9-32

3 - Motor Adaptation and Proprioceptive Recalibration

pp 33-48

4 - Deficits and Adaptation of Eye-Hand Coordination During Visually Guided Reaching Movements in People with Amblyopia

pp 49-72

II - PLASTICITY IN CHILDHOOD

pp 73-74

5 - Human Visual Plasticity: Lessons from Children Treated for Congenital Cataracts

pp 75-93

6 - Living with One Eye: Plasticity in Visual and Auditory Systems

pp 94-113

7 - Building the Brain in the Dark: Functional and Specific Crossmodal Reorganization in the Occipital Cortex of Blind Individuals

pp 114-137

8 - Crossmodal Plasticity in Early Blindness

pp 138-152

III - PLASTICITY IN ADULTHOOD AND VISION REHABILITATION

pp 153-154

9 - Visual Plasticity of the Adult Brain

pp 155-174

10 - Beyond the Critical Period: Acquiring Stereopsis in Adulthood

pp 175-195

11 - Plasticity and Restoration after Visual System Damage: Clinical Applications of the “Residual Vision Activation Theory”

pp 196-228

12 - Applying Plasticity to Visual Rehabilitation in Adulthood

pp 229-254

Author Index

pp 255-273

Subject Index

pp 274-277