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Dissociating cognitive and sensory neural plasticity in human superior temporal cortex

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  • Velia Cardin

    (Cognitive, Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre, 49 Gordon Square, University College London
    Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University)

  • Eleni Orfanidou

    (Cognitive, Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre, 49 Gordon Square, University College London
    University of Crete)

  • Jerker Rönnberg

    (Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University)

  • Cheryl M. Capek

    (Centre of Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester)

  • Mary Rudner

    (Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University)

  • Bencie Woll

    (Cognitive, Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre, 49 Gordon Square, University College London)

Abstract

Disentangling the effects of sensory and cognitive factors on neural reorganization is fundamental for establishing the relationship between plasticity and functional specialization. Auditory deprivation in humans provides a unique insight into this problem, because the origin of the anatomical and functional changes observed in deaf individuals is not only sensory, but also cognitive, owing to the implementation of visual communication strategies such as sign language and speechreading. Here, we describe a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of individuals with different auditory deprivation and sign language experience. We find that sensory and cognitive experience cause plasticity in anatomically and functionally distinguishable substrates. This suggests that after plastic reorganization, cortical regions adapt to process a different type of input signal, but preserve the nature of the computation they perform, both at a sensory and cognitive level.

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  • Velia Cardin & Eleni Orfanidou & Jerker Rönnberg & Cheryl M. Capek & Mary Rudner & Bencie Woll, 2013. "Dissociating cognitive and sensory neural plasticity in human superior temporal cortex," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-5, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms2463
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2463
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    1. Maria Zimmermann & Rhodri Cusack & Marina Bedny & Marcin Szwed, 2024. "Auditory areas are recruited for naturalistic visual meaning in early deaf people," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.
    2. Francesca Setti & Giacomo Handjaras & Davide Bottari & Andrea Leo & Matteo Diano & Valentina Bruno & Carla Tinti & Luca Cecchetti & Francesca Garbarini & Pietro Pietrini & Emiliano Ricciardi, 2023. "A modality-independent proto-organization of human multisensory areas," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 7(3), pages 397-410, March.

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