Blind people use both visual and auditory cortices to hear
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 17:49
in Psychology & Sociology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Blind people have brains that are rewired to allow their visual cortex to improve hearing abilities. Yet they continue to access specialized areas to recognize human voices, according to a study published in Neuropsychologia by Frédéric Gougoux and Franco Lepore of the Université de Montréal Department of Psychology.