Occipital responses to nonlanguage sounds in blind children increase between ages 4 and 17¶
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q3 i? In blind children, occipital responses to nonlanguage sounds increase with age across 4–17 years. → Bedny 2015
Evidence¶
Bedny 2015¶
Bedny, M., H. Richardson, and R. Saxe. (2015). "Visual" Cortex Responds to Spoken Language in Blind Children. Journal of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0634-15.2015
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In the developmental study of blind children aged 4–17 listening to stories, unfamiliar foreign speech, and music, responses to nonlanguage sounds increased between the ages of 4 and 17. No effect size is printed for this developmental trend.
"Responses to nonlanguage sounds increased between the ages of 4 and 17."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Occipital responses to spoken language in blind children are maximal by age 4 and unrelated to Braille learning
- The \"visual\" cortices of young blind children, but not sighted children, respond to sound
- Occipital plasticity for spoken language is independent of plasticity for Braille and for sound
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occipital-nonlanguage-sound-response-increases-with-age |
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Occipital responses to nonlanguage sounds in blind children increase between ages 4 and 17 |
description |
Occipital responses to nonlanguage sounds in blind children increase between ages 4 and 17 |
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2015 |
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2020 |
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1 — bedny-2015 |
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