The Focus on Neuroscience: Vision, Experience, and the Brain box describes the visual experience of Mike May, who regained partial sight in one eye after 40 years of blindness. Mike was able to quickly identify moving objects but could not identify the same object when it was not moving, had trouble identifying faces, and so on. Neuroscientists who studied this case concluded that:
A)the visual pathway for stationary objects does not depend upon visual experience with those objects.
B)because people continue to encounter new objects and faces throughout life, areas of the brain that are specialized to process faces and objects show plasticity.
C)areas of the brain that are specialized to process faces and objects develop very early and show little or no plasticity throughout life.
D)the visual pathway for moving objects and color perception develops later than the visual pathway for stationary objects.

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The case of Mike May suggests that the areas of the brain specialized to process faces and objects show plasticity, because despite May not having experience with certain objects for 40 years, the brain was still able to potentially adapt to new experiences. This suggests that even as people continue to encounter new objects and faces throughout life, their brain continues to be flexible enough to adapt to those new experiences.

The Focus on Neuroscience: Vision, Experience, and the Brain Box