Does training or deprivation modulate amygdala activation?

► Dissociation between causes for previous findings in the blind (Klinge et al., 2010). ► As connatally blind, actors show superior auditory emotional discrimination skills. ► Auditory training most likely mediates superior behavioral discrimination skills. ► Actors, like controls, do not show enhanced accompanying amygdala responses. ► Sensory deprivation most likely mediates enhanced amygdala responses in the blind.