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Science 26 June 1964:
Vol. 144. no. 3626, pp. 1591 - 1593
DOI: 10.1126/science.144.3626.1591
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Cutaneous Sensitivt after Prolonged Visual Depnrvation

John P. Zubek 1, J. Flye 1, and M. Aftanas 1

1 Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Subjects who were placed in darkness for a week but who were otherwise exposed to a normal and varied sensory environment showed an increase in tactual acuity and in sensitivity to heat and pain. This cutaneous supersensitivity was still present several days after the termination of visual deprivation.


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