Ultra-fast speech comprehension in blind subjects engages primary visual cortex, fusiform gyrus, and pulvinar - a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study.
Background: Individuals suffering from vision loss of a peripheral origin may learn to understand spoken language at a rate of up to about 22 syllables (syl) per second - exceeding by far the maximum performance level of normal-sighted listeners (ca. 8 syl/s). To further elucidate the brain mechanis...
| Published in: | BMC Neuroscience Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 74 - 75 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | research Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
2013
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |