Study shows that the shape of objects could be perceived via vision and touch
The inferolateral occipitotemporal cortex selectively encodes object shape even in people who become blind from a very early age, suggesting that the brain is organized as operators that execute a given function regardless of input senses
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Study shows that the shape of objects could be perceived via vision and touch; the inferolateral occipitotemporal cortex selectively encodes object shape even in people who become blind from a very early age, suggesting that the brain is organized as operators that execute a given function regardless of input senses.
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Article Title: Similar object shape representation encoded in the inferolateral occipitotemporal cortex of sighted and early blind people
Author Countries: Italy, Switzerland, Belgium
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