Roe and his colleagues (1990)caused the developing axons of ferret retinal ganglion cells to synapse in the medial geniculate nuclei of the auditory system.Once the ferrets matured, their
A) auditory cortex responded to visual stimuli.
B) auditory cortex was laid out retinotopically.
C) thalamus had totally degenerated.
D) both A and B
E) both A and C

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The experiment by Roe and colleagues demonstrated that the auditory cortex of the ferrets responded to visual stimuli and was organized in a retinotopic manner, indicating that the auditory cortex adapted to process visual information.

Roe and His Colleagues (1990)caused the Developing Axons of Ferret