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Science 2023-07-25

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
Study shows that the shape of objects could be perceived via vision and touch

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

Funding: see manuscript

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