Here we propose an alternative model of functional segregation in the auditory cortex. Our model agrees that the ventral pathway is probably involved in perceiving auditory objects by extracting ...

That’s because Luciani has a condition called aphantasia — an inability to picture objects, people and scenes in his mind. When he was growing up, the term didn’t even exist. But now, Luciani, a ...

They state that there is “little evidence for circumscribed areas of the auditory cortex being uniquely specialized for processing auditory spatial information….” Furthermore, Belin and ...

A study by University of Glasgow cognitive scientist Roberto S Luciani and others, delved deeper into the connection between humans’ auditory and visual senses.

Human echolocation has at times allowed people to ride bikes or play basketball despite being completely blind from a very young age. These echolocators typically perceive their environment by ...

By analyzing brain scans taken as people watched movie clips, MIT researchers have created the most comprehensive map yet of the functions of the ...

In this experiment, the neural inputs from the ferrets' eyes were surgically connected to the auditory cortex of the brain ...

Visual Cross-Modal Neuroplasticity and Behavioral Outcomes in Amplification Use in Age-Related Hearing Loss Previous studies suggest that the auditory cortex may be recruited for visual processing in ...

Whether we're staring at our phones, the page of a book, or the person across the table, the objects of our focus never stand in isolation; there are always other objects or people in our field of ...