Tactile Object Familiarity in the Blind Brain Reveals the Supramodal Perceptual-Mnemonic Nature of the Perirhinal Cortex

• Published in: Frontiers in human neuroscience Vol. 10; p. 92
• Main Authors: Cacciamani, Laura, Likova, Lora T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 12.04.2016; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Blindness; Brain mapping; Brain research; Cortex (perirhinal); Exploration; Familiarity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Investigations; Medical imaging; Memory; Neuroscience; perirhinal cortex; tactile memory; Tactile perception; Visual cortex; Visual perception; tactile perception; familiarity; tactile memory; blindness; perirhinal cortex

This study is the first to investigate the neural underpinnings of tactile object familiarity in the blind during both perception and memory. In the sighted, the perirhinal cortex (PRC) has been implicated in the assessment of visual object familiarity-a crucial everyday task-as evidenced by reduced...