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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...

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Autores principales: Dietrich, Susanne, Hertrich, Ingo, Ackermann, Hermann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3847124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23879896
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-14-74