RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Short term light deprivation increases tactile spatial acuity in humans
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1998
OP 1999
DO 10.1212/01.WNL.0000068026.15208.D0
VO 60
IS 12
A1 Facchini, Stefano
A1 Aglioti, Salvatore M.
YR 2003
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/60/12/1998.abstract
AB The effect of short-term light deprivation on tactile spatial acuity was evaluated by asking 28 adult humans to perform a grating orientation task. The 14 subjects who were kept for 90 minutes in complete dark showed, immediately after deprivation, a reversible improvement of tactile spatial acuity. No acuity change was observed in the 14 nondeprived subjects. Results indicate that even a short-term visual deprivation may disclose highly dynamic plastic interactions between visual and tactile systems.