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SUBMITTER: Arbel R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9576157 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arbel Roni R Heimler Benedetta B Amedi Amir A
Frontiers in neuroscience 20221003
Previous evidence suggests that visual experience is crucial for the emergence and tuning of the typical neural system for face recognition. To challenge this conclusion, we trained congenitally blind adults to recognize faces <i>via</i> visual-to-auditory sensory-substitution (SDD). Our results showed a preference for trained faces over other SSD-conveyed visual categories in the fusiform gyrus and in other known face-responsive-regions of the deprived ventral visual stream. We also observed a ...[more]