Drawing enhances cross-modal memory plasticity in the human brain: A case study in a totally blind adult

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Likova, Lora T ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind; Brain plasticity; Drawing; fMRI; Learning; Primary visual cortex V1; Visuo spatial sketchpad; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BOLD SIGNAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRAWING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROIMAGING; PROPRIOCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; TACTILE MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84933677380     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00044     Document Type: Article

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