Impairment of auditory spatial localization in congenitally blind human subjects

Brain

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 288-293

  Gori, Monica ^a   Sandini, Giulio ^a   Martinoli, Cristina ^b   Burr, David C ^c,d  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto David Chiossone Onlus   (Italy)

^c Pharmacology and Child Health ^*  (Italy)

^d CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

auditory localization; congenital blindness; visual deprivation cross sensory calibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SOUND DETECTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

AUDITORY LOCALIZATION; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; VISUAL DEPRIVATION CROSS-SENSORY CALIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84892717909     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt311     Document Type: Article

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