The period of susceptibility to the physiological effects of unilateral eye closure in kittens

By David H. Hubel, T. Wiesel. 1970

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Neural plasticity across the lifespan (2016, background): “If the occlusion occurs after the critical window passes, the ocular dominance columns are unaffected and vision is unimpaired.(14,15) These animal experiments help to explain the differential effects of congenital and adult-acquired cataracts in humans.”
Deep learning for computational biology (2016, neutral): “…(CNNs) were originally inspired by cognitive neuroscience and Hubel and Wiesel ’ s seminal work on the cat ’ s visual cortex, which was found to have simple neurons that respond to small motifs in the visual field, and complex neurons that respond to larger ones (Hubel & Wiesel, 1963 , 1970 ).”
Plasticity in Sensory Systems: List of Contributors (2012, background): “fixed and could not be modified; that is, the window was closed forever from that moment forward (Fox, 1992; Hubel and Wiesel, 1970).”
Neurodevelopment of the association cortices: Patterns, mechanisms, and implications for psychopathology (2021, unknown): “For example, in early infancy, deprivation of auditory, visual, and tactile stimuli greatly affects the organization andmaturation of sensorimotor regions (Hubel and Wiesel, 1970; Kanjlia et al., 2019; Simons and Land, 1987).”
Trajectories of brain development: point of vulnerability or window of opportunity? (2003, background): “Three crucial components for activity-dependent plasticity exist: (1) a critical period for neuroanatomical rearrangements [66,96,97]; (2) ‘use it or lose it’, in which the remaining inputs expand into enucleated projection sites [76,173,198]; and (3) the necessity of a number of factors, including ”
Removing brakes on adult brain plasticity: from molecular to behavioral interventions (2010, background): “Since the classic work of Hubel and Wiesel (1970) on visually deprived cats, most cortical systems are thought to be molded by experience during a “sensitive period” in early life.”
Evolved Sensitive Periods in Learning (2013, background): “Hubel and Wiesel's classic paper (Hubel and Wiesel (1970)) illustrates this: One eye of a kitten was sutured in various periods throughout life, and it was found that visual deprivation of one eye early in life prevented it from following the regular path of development, leaving the cat blind in…”
Connectionist Models in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience : Critical Periods and the Paradox of Success (2005, background): “…by Stromswold (1995), " Although the ability to learn language appears to be innate, exposure to language during childhood is necessary for normal language development, just as the ability to see is innate yet visual stimulation is necessary for normal visual development (Hubel and Wiesel, 1970).”