Brains of one-handed people suggest new organization theory
Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 14:31
in Biology & Nature
In people born with one hand, the brain region that would normally light up with that missing hand's activity lights up instead with the activity of other body parts -- including the arm, foot, and mouth -- that fill in for the hand's lost function. Now, researchers say that the discovery could shake up scientists' fundamental understanding of how the brain is organized.