Language processing in the occipital cortex of congenitally blind
Humans are thought to have evolved brain regions in the left frontal and temporal cortex that are uniquely capable of language processing. However, congenitally blind individuals also activate the visual cortex in some verbal tasks. We provide evidence that this visual cortex activity in fact reflec...
Main Authors: | Bedny, Marina, Pascual-Leone, Alvaro, Dodell-Feder, David, Fedorenko, Evelina G., Saxe, Rebecca R. |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65881 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-1791 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-514X |
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