Training of ultra-fast speech comprehension induces functional reorganization of the central-visual system in late-blind humans

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Dietrich, Susanne ^a   Hertrich, Ingo ^a   Ackermann, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cross modal plasticity; Residual vision; Speech perception; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PULVINAR; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84886395299     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00701     Document Type: Article

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