Sensory substitution reveals a manipulation bias

The challenge of sensory substitution as a therapeutic approach is to design systems that are well accepted by subjects. Here, in deaf songbirds, the authors substitute hearing with vision, suggesting substitution devices could provide sensory feedback for the key actions that are deprived.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anja T. Zai, Sophie Cavé-Lopez, Manon Rolland, Nicolas Giret, Richard H. R. Hahnloser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19686-w