Perceptual Function and Category-Selective Neural Organization in Children with Resections of Visual Cortex.

ABSTRACT: The consequences of cortical resection, a treatment for humans with pharmaco-resistant epilepsy, provide a unique opportunity to advance our understanding of the nature and extent of cortical (re)organization. Despite the importance of visual processing in daily life, the neural and perceptual sequellae of occipitotemporal resections remain largely unexplored. Using psychophysical and fMRI investigations, we compared the neural and visuoperceptual profiles of 10 children or adolescents following unilateral cortical resections and their age- and gender-matched controls. Dramatically, with the exception of two individuals, both of whom had relatively greater cortical alterations, all patients showed normal perceptual performance on tasks of intermediate- and high-level vision, including face

SUBMITTER: Liu TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687906 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature