Reorganisation of Somatosensory Cortex after Tactile Training

The nature of this reorgani(cid:173) sation seems consistent with the behaviour of competitive neural net(cid:173) works, as has been demonstrated in the past by computer simulation. Expressions for changes in both receptive field size and mag(cid:173) nification factor are derived, which are consistent with owl monkey ex(cid:173) periments and make a prediction which goes beyond them.