Wayfinding in the blind: larger hippocampal volume and supranormal spatial navigation
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Wayfinding in the blind: larger hippocampal volume and supranormal spatial navigation.
In the absence of visual input, the question arises as to how complex spatial abilities develop and how the brain adapts to the absence of this modality. We explored navigational skills in both early and late blind individuals and structural differences in the hippocampus, a brain region well known to be involved in spatial processing. Thirty-eight participants were divided into three groups: e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0006-8950,1460-2156
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn250