| Our broad goals are to study biological constraints and the role of input from the environment in the development of the human brain. We characterize the functional specializations of different neural systems in normal adults and take two broad approaches to the study of their development (normal adults): |
 We compare cerebral organization
in normal hearing, sighted, monolingual adults with that observed in adults
who have had auditory or visual deprivation or who have had different language
experience (neuroplasticity).
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We study the changes in
functional cerebral organization that occur as normally and abnormally
developinginfants and children attain different ages and behavioural milestones.
We employ the event-related potential (ERP) techniques and structural and functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in these studies (development).
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Brain Development Lab
Psychology Department
1227 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon 97403-1227
Phone: (541) 346-4248
FAX: (541) 346-4271
e-mail: office@braindev.uoregon.edu
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