@article{67641, keywords = {Humans, Visual Perception, Neuronal Plasticity, Visual Cortex, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Visual Pathways, Blindness}, author = {Marius Peelen and Sabine Kastner}, title = {A nonvisual look at the functional organization of visual cortex.}, abstract = { In this issue of Neuron, Mahon et al. show that the ventral visual cortex of congenitally blind individuals, who have never experienced the visual world, has an object-category organization similar to that found in sighted individuals. Here, we discuss the implications of this finding for our understanding of the "visual" cortex. }, year = {2009}, journal = {Neuron}, volume = {63}, pages = {284-6}, month = {08/2009}, issn = {1097-4199}, doi = {10.1016/j.neuron.2009.07.022}, language = {eng}, }