Comparing the effects of auditory deprivation and sign language within the auditory and visual cortex

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1621-1637

  Fine, Ione ^a   Finney, Eva M ^b   Boynton, Geoffrey M ^c   Dobkins, Karen R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTROPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SIGN LANGUAGE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SIGN LANGUAGE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 27144471672     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892905774597173     Document Type: Article

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