A Whole-Brain Topographic Ontology

M Arcaro, M Livingstone - Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2024 - annualreviews.org
It is a common view that the intricate array of specialized domains in the ventral visual
pathway is innately prespecified. What this review postulates is that they are not. We explore …

The role of foveal cortex in discriminating peripheral stimuli: the sketchpad hypothesis

CM Oletto, G Contemori, M Bertamini, L Battaglini - NeuroSci, 2022 - mdpi.com
Foveal (central) and peripheral vision are strongly interconnected to provide an integrated
experience of the world around us. Recently, it has been suggested that there is a feedback …

Decoding natural sounds in early “visual” cortex of congenitally blind individuals

P Vetter, Ł Bola, L Reich, M Bennett, L Muckli, A Amedi - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Complex natural sounds, such as bird singing, people talking, or traffic noise, induce
decodable fMRI activation patterns in early visual cortex of sighted blindfolded participants …

[HTML][HTML] Brain plasticity dynamics during tactile Braille learning in sighted subjects: Multi-contrast MRI approach

J Matuszewski, B Kossowski, Ł Bola, A Banaszkiewicz… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
A growing body of empirical evidence supports the notion of diverse neurobiological
processes underlying learning-induced plasticity changes in the human brain. There are still …

Temporal dynamics of brain white matter plasticity in sighted subjects during tactile braille learning: a longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging study

M Molendowska, J Matuszewski… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
The white matter (WM) architecture of the human brain changes in response to training,
though fine-grained temporal characteristics of training-induced white matter plasticity …

Sensory modality and spoken language shape reading network in blind readers of Braille

M Tian, EJ Saccone, JS Kim, S Kanjlia… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The neural basis of reading is highly consistent across many languages and scripts. Are
there alternative neural routes to reading? How does the sensory modality of symbols …

Evaluation of the Hierarchical Correspondence between the Human Brain and Artificial Neural Networks: A Review

TQ Pham, T Matsui, J Chikazoe - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Artificial neural networks, inspired by the human brain, have demonstrated
human-level performance across multiple task domains, raising the exciting possibility of …

The transformation of sensory to perceptual braille letter representations in the visually deprived brain

M Haupt, M Graumann, S Teng, C Kaltenbach, R Cichy - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Experience-based plasticity of the human cortex mediates the influence of individual
experience on cognition and behavior. The complete loss of a sensory modality is among …

Investigating the role of the foveal cortex in peripheral object discrimination

G Contemori, CM Oletto, R Cessa, E Marini… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Peripheral object discrimination is hindered by a central dynamic mask presented between
150 and 300 ms after stimulus onset. The mask is thought to interfere with task-relevant …

[HTML][HTML] Developing cortex is functionally pluripotent: Evidence from blindness

EJ Saccone, M Tian, M Bedny - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2024 - Elsevier
How rigidly does innate architecture constrain function of developing cortex? What is the
contribution of early experience? We review insights into these questions from visual cortex …