Preserved Functional Specialization in Sensory Substitution of the Early Blind

It has long been established that the occipital cortex of early blind animals and humans is activated by nonvisual stimuli (Rauschecker 1995). Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we have demonstrated recently that the middle occipital gyrus (MOG) of early blind humans retains its function i...

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Main Authors: Josef P Rauschecker, Laurent Renier, Paula Plaza, Anne DeVolder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-10-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1068/ic749