Cortical activity during tactile exploration of objects in blind and sighted humans

By Amir Amedi, N. Raz, Haim Azulay, Rafael Malach, E. Zohary. 2010

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Multisensory Processes: A Balancing Act across the Lifespan (2016, background): “This evidence comes from observations that both congenitally blind and sighted individuals activate the LO cortex in response to sounds, but only if these individuals learn to extract geometrical shapes from those sounds such as when using a visual-to-auditory SSD or when using touch to recognize ob”
A ventral visual stream reading center independent of visual experience. (2011, unknown): “Before statistical analysis, standard preprocessing procedures were performed (see [10] and the Supplemental Information available online for detailed experimental procedures).”
The origins of metamodality in visual object area LO: Bodily topographical biases and increased functional connectivity to S1 (2016, unknown): “…and that haptic object recognition by touch or using visual-to-auditory substitution recruits the object related lateral occipital complex (LOC, Amedi et al., 2007, 2010), leading to the suggestion that this area is dedicated to deciphering the 3D shape of objects regardless of sensory…”
The brain as a flexible task machine: implications for visual rehabilitation using noninvasive vs. invasive approaches. (2012, methodology): “Adapted from Amedi et al. 2007 Data adapted from Amedi et al. 2010 Data adapted from Amedi et al. 2001 RH Y = –59 Y = –58 Y = –57 Y = –71 Z = –7 Z = –9 Z = 9 LH LH RH RH”