Impact of a transient neonatal visual deprivation on the development of the ventral occipito-temporal cortex in humans
Stefania Mattioni, Mohamed Rezk, Xiaoqing Gao, Jung-Hyun Nam, Zhong‐Xu Liu, Rémi Gau, Valérie Goffaux, Andrea Ivan Costantino, Hans Op de Beeck, Terri Lewis, Daphne M. Maurer, Olivier Collignon
This study shows that early visual deprivation in humans impairs the early visual cortex but leaves the categorical coding in the ventral occipito-temporal cortex largely unaffected.
Nature Communications · Nov 17, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience