What and where in the auditory systems of sighted and early blind individuals: Evidence from representational similarity analysis

Separated ventral and dorsal streams in auditory processes have been proposed to process sound identification and localization respectively. Despite the popularity of the dual-pathway model, it remains controversial how much independence two neural pathways enjoy and whether visual experiences can influence the distinct cortical organizational scheme. In this study, representational similarity analysis (RSA) was used to explore the functional roles of distinct cortical regions that lay within either the ventral or dorsal auditory streams of sighted and early blind (EB) participants.

from Journal of the Neurological Sciences https://ift.tt/2UrCUWk