Deafness reroutes sensory processing so other modalities recruit auditory brain regions

Evidence

Cross modal plasticity refers to evidence that stimuli of one modality (e.g. vision) activate neural regions devoted to a different modality (e.g. hearing) that are not normally activated by those stimuli. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4270

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines cross-modal plasticity with a clear concrete example.
• XREF: Connects to broader neuroplasticity literature from earlier reading on how brains rewire.