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Enhancement of visual biological motion recognition in early-deaf adults: Functional and behavioral correlates.
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 8, p e0236800 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020.
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Abstract
- Deafness leads to brain modifications that are generally associated with a cross-modal activity of the auditory cortex, particularly for visual stimulations. In the present study, we explore the cortical processing of biological motion that conveyed either non-communicative (pantomimes) or communicative (emblems) information, in early-deaf and hearing individuals, using fMRI analyses. Behaviorally, deaf individuals showed an advantage in detecting communicative gestures relative to hearing individuals. Deaf individuals also showed significantly greater activation in the superior temporal cortex (including the planum temporale and primary auditory cortex) than hearing individuals. The activation levels in this region were correlated with deaf individuals' response times. This study provides neural and behavioral evidence that cross-modal plasticity leads to functional advantages in the processing of biological motion following lifelong auditory deprivation.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.9bee5948b4843eeb6bef16804ba4a6f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236800