Recognition memory for Braille or spoken words: An fMRI study in early blind

Brain Research

Volumn 1438, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-34

  Burton, Harold ^a,b   Sinclair, Robert J ^a   Agato, Alvin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Magnetic resonance imaging; Occipital cortex; Recollection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; READING; SENSORY AIDS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPEECH; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856617996     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.12.032     Document Type: Article

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