Short term light deprivation increases tactile spatial acuity in humans

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作者：

Facchini, S

Aglioti, SM

机构：

[1] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Psicol, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[2] Univ Verona, Dipartimento Sci Neurol Vis, Sezione Fisiol Umana, Rome, Italy

[3] Fdn St Lucia, Ctr Ric Neuropsicol, IRCCS, I-00185 Rome, Italy

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NEUROLOGY | 2003年 / 60卷 / 12期

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10.1212/01.WNL.0000068026.15208.D0

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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

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摘要：

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.

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