Blind subjects process auditory spectral cues more efficiently than sighted individuals - Doucet, M.-E.; Guillemot, J.-P.; Lassonde, M.; Gagn, J.-P.; Leclerc, C.; Lepore, F. (Experimental brain research, 2005)
Keywords: Acoustic Stimulation; Acoustics; Adaptation, Physiological - physiology; Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Blindness; Blindness - physiopathology; Brain - physiology; Cues; Deafness; Ear and associated structures. Auditory pathways and centers. Hearing. Vocal organ. Phonation. Sound production. Echolocation; Ear, External - physiology; Functional Laterality - physiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Listening; Localization; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Models, Neurological; Motor control and motor pathways. Reflexes. Control centers of vegetative functions. Vestibular system and equilibration; Neuronal Plasticity - physiology; Ophthalmology; Owls; Sound; Sound Localization - physiology; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Vision disorders; Visual Perception - physiology; Human; Stimulus localization; Binaural localization; Vision disorder; Monoaural hearing; Spectral properties; Sound localization; Binaural hearing; Monaural localization; Free- field; Pinna; Eye disease; Acoustic properties; Acoustic stimulus; Blind humans; Pinna spectral transformations; Blindness; Information processing