Space and sight : the perception of space and shape in the congenitally blind before and after operation

By M. V. Senden. 1960

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Neural plasticity across the lifespan (2016, background): “In contrast, an adult with normal vision who develops a cataract will enjoy a full restoration of vision when the cataract is removed, no matter how long the adult waits until having the cataract removed.(10) Thus, there is something special about the initial months of visual stimulation in setting ”
Navigating without vision: principles of blind spatial cognition (2018, background): “The extreme interpretation of this view, advanced in the work of Von Senden (1932), argues that vision is necessary in this process and that even basic spatial concepts are not possible in people who have been blind from birth.”