It has long been known that the environment in which the mammalian cerebral cortex finds itself early in postnatal life has the potential to alter its structure, function, and its connections with other parts of the brain. The strongest evidence in support of experience-dependent modification of brain circuitry during a well-defined critical period of postnatal development comes from studies of vision. The Nobel Prize-winning work of Hubel and Weisel in the 1960s established that preventing one eye of a kitten from seeing during the first 3 to 6 weeks of life resulted in a series of anatomical and functional changes throughout the visual pathways of the brain.
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机译：早就知道，哺乳动物的大脑皮层在产后生命早期就处在这种环境中，它有可能改变其结构，功能及其与大脑其他部位的联系。在明确定义的出生后关键时期，支持经验依赖的脑电路改造的最有力证据来自视觉研究。 1960年代获得诺贝尔奖（Hubel and Weisel）的诺贝尔奖得奖作品确定，防止小猫的一只眼睛在生命的前3至6周内见到，会导致大脑整个视觉通路发生一系列解剖和功能上的变化。
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