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Rewired areas of the brain retain their old abilities

By Tina Hesman Saey

- More than 2 years ago

Old brains can learn new tricks but retain their knack for lost senses.

DOUBLE DUTY Brain scans of sighted people show that visual motion is processed in the MT+/V5 area of the visual cortex (blue) while sound motion is processed in many areas in the brain (yellow), with a small amount of overlap (green).