Evidence for superior encoding of detailed visual memories in deaf signers

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 9097
• Main Authors: Craig, Michael, Dewar, Michaela, Turner, Graham, Collier, Trudi, Kapur, Narinder
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 31.05.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/477; 631/477/2811; Deafness; Hearing; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Long term memory; Memory; multidisciplinary; Neural plasticity; Neuronal Plasticity; Retention; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sign Language; Visual discrimination; Visual perception

Recent evidence shows that deaf signers outperform hearing non-signers in some tests of visual attention and discrimination. Furthermore, they can retain visual information better over short periods, i.e., seconds. However, it is unknown if deaf signers’ retention of detailed visual information is s...