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=== Sensory Deprivation === | === Sensory Deprivation === | ||
Sensory deprivation has been shown to induce pivotal mental states and restore critical-period-like plasticity in the brain. For example, in the somatosensory cortex, deprivation can reactivate synaptic plasticity akin to that observed during developmental critical periods, highlighting the brain’s retained capacity for adaptation beyond early life stages. Moreover, sensory deprivation in one modality can lead to compensatory enhancements and reorganization in other sensory modalities. This phenomenon, known as cross-modal plasticity, demonstrates the brain's ability to adapt to sensory loss by strengthening other senses, further underscoring its potential for functional reorganization during critical periods. | Sensory deprivation has been shown to induce pivotal mental states and restore critical-period-like plasticity in the brain. For example, in the somatosensory cortex, deprivation can reactivate synaptic plasticity akin to that observed during developmental [[Critical Periods|critical periods]], highlighting the brain’s retained capacity for adaptation beyond early life stages. Moreover, sensory deprivation in one modality can lead to compensatory enhancements and reorganization in other sensory modalities. This phenomenon, known as cross-modal plasticity, demonstrates the brain's ability to adapt to sensory loss by strengthening other senses, further underscoring its potential for functional reorganization during critical periods. | ||
=== Near Death Experience === | === Near Death Experience === | ||