Image-to-sound conversion: Experience-induced plasticity in auditory cortex of blindfolded adults

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-291

  Pollok, Bettina ^a   Schnitzler, Irmtraud ^a   Stoerig, Petra ^a   Mierdorf, Thomas ^a   Schnitzler, Alfons ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Blindfolding; Healthy; Humans; MEG; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; SOUND; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 28444471621     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0060-8     Document Type: Article

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