Performance and behavioral flexibility on a complex motor task depend on available sensory inputs in early blind and sighted short-tailed opossums.
Mackenzie Englund, Samaan Faridjoo, Chris Iyer, Leah A. Krubitzer
This study examines how early blindness affects sensorimotor behavior and sensory reliance in short-tailed opossums, finding increased tactile accuracy but reduced flexibility when whiskers are trimmed.
iScience · Sep 1, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience