Visual Deprivation Leads to Blindness
Based on Hubel and Wiesel's research with newborn kittens, sensory deprivation during a critical developmental period can have lasting effects. In their experiment, one of a kitten's eyes was sutured closed. The area of the visual cortex that would normally receive input from that eye was instead taken over by the open eye. This demonstrates that neural connections present at birth can be lost if they do not receive sensory input, leading to functional blindness in the deprived eye.
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