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SUBMITTER: Merabet LB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3951767 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Merabet Lotfi B LB Battelli Lorella L Obretenova Souzana S Maguire Sara S Meijer Peter P Pascual-Leone Alvaro A
Neuroreport 20090101 2
Individuals using a visual-to-auditory sensory substitution device (SSD) called 'The vOICe' can identify objects in their environment through images encoded by sound. We have shown that identifying objects with this SSD is associated with activation of occipital visual areas. Here, we show that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) delivered to a specific area of occipital cortex (identified by functional MRI) profoundly impairs a blind user's ability to identify objects. rTMS deli ...[more]