The spatiotopic 'visual' cortex of the blind

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8291, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Likova, Lora ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

'retinotopy' in the blind; blind; cortical reorganization; drawing; drawing learning method; fMRI; internal screen; learning based brain plasticity; memory sketchpad; spatial cognition; spatiotopy; working memory

Indexed keywords

'RETINOTOPY' IN THE BLIND; BLIND; CORTICAL REORGANIZATION; FMRI; INTERNAL SCREEN; LEARNING-BASED BRAIN PLASTICITY; SPATIAL COGNITION; SPATIOTOPY; WORKING MEMORIES;

DRAWING (GRAPHICS); MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 84859452167     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.912257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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