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SUBMITTER: Simon M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7416928 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Simon Marie M Lazzouni Latifa L Campbell Emma E Delcenserie Audrey A Muise-Hennessey Alexandria A Newman Aaron J AJ Champoux François F Lepore Franco F
PloS one 20200810 8
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 indiv ...[more]