Early visual experience and the recognition of basic facial expressions: Involvement of the middle temporal and inferior frontal gyri during haptic identification by the early blind

Early visual experience and the recognition of basic facial expressions: Involvement of the middle temporal and inferior frontal gyri during haptic identification by the early blind

Face perception is critical for social communication. Given its fundamental importance in the course of evolution, the innate neural mechanisms can anticipate the computations necessary for representing faces. However, the effect of visual deprivation on the formation of neural mechanisms that under...

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Main Authors: Ryo eKitada, Yuko eOkamoto, Akihiro T Sasaki, Takanori eKochiyama, Motohide eMiyahara, Susan J Lederman, Norihiro eSadato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Blindness
Psychophysics
Touch
fMRI
Facial Expression
haptics
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00007/full

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