Does shape discrimination by the mouth activate the parietal and occipital lobes? - near-infrared spectroscopy study.

A cross-modal association between somatosensory tactile sensation and parietal and occipital activities during Braille reading was initially discovered in tests with blind subjects, with sighted and blindfolded healthy subjects used as controls. However, the neural background of oral stereognosis re...

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Main Authors: Tomonori Kagawa, Noriyuki Narita, Sunao Iwaki, Shingo Kawasaki, Kazunobu Kamiya, Shunsuke Minakuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4191970?pdf=render