| The newly sighted fail to match seen with felt. | |
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PMID: 21478887 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Would a blind subject, on regaining sight, be able to immediately visually recognize an object previously known only by touch? We addressed this question, first formulated by Molyneux three centuries ago, by working with treatable, congenitally blind individuals. We tested their ability to visually match an object to a haptically sensed sample after sight restoration. We found a lack of immediate transfer, but such cross-modal mappings developed rapidly. |
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Authors:
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Richard Held; Yuri Ostrovsky; Beatrice de Gelder; Beatrice deGelder; Tapan Gandhi; Suma Ganesh; Umang Mathur; Pawan Sinha |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2011-04-10 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Nature neuroscience Volume: 14 ISSN: 1546-1726 ISO Abbreviation: Nat. Neurosci. Publication Date: 2011 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-04-27 Completed Date: 2011-07-01 Revised Date: 2011-10-11 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9809671 Medline TA: Nat Neurosci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 551-3 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. heldd@neco.edu |
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Adolescent Blindness / congenital, physiopathology*, psychology* Child Choice Behavior / physiology Female Humans Male Photic Stimulation / methods Sensory Deprivation / physiology Touch / physiology* Vision, Ocular / physiology* Visual Perception / physiology* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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R21-EY015521/EY/NEI NIH HHS |
| Comments/Corrections | |
Erratum In:
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Nat Neurosci. 2011 Sep;14(9):1217 Note: deGelder, Beatrice [corrected to de Gelder, Beatrice] |
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