The Cognitive Consequences of Early Sensory Deprivation

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Abstract
The literature on the effects of early sensory deprivation is evaluated. The author reaches the conclusion that such early deprivation prevents an organism from developing adequate representations or models of the structure of its environment and that, moreover, such deprivation also impairs the development of strategies for taking in and ordering information, particularly uncertain information. Sensory deprivation in adult organisms appears to have the effect of disrupting the important evaluation or feedback processes in terms of which there is constant monitoring of representational models and strategies acquired earlier in the life of the organism.

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