NEW DELHI, Nov. 28, 2023 (TBINN)
Contrary to the widely held notion, the brain does not have the ability to rewire itself to compensate for the loss of sight, an amputation or stroke, for example, neuroscientists say.
They argue that the notion that brain, in response to injury or deficit, can reorganise itself and repurpose particular regions for new functions, is fundamentally flawed, despite being commonly cited in scientific textbooks.
Instead, what is occurring in such scenarios is merely that one’s brain is being trained to utilise already existing but latent abilities, the researchers write in an article in the journal eLife.
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