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The role of visual experience for the neural basis of spatial cognition

Pasqualotto, Achille, Proulx, Michael J.·2012·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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Blindness often results in the adaptive neural reorganization of the remaining modalities, producing sharper auditory and haptic behavioral performance. Yet, non-visual modalities might not be able to fully compensate for the lack of visual experience as in the case of congenital blindness. For example, developmental visual experience seems to be necessary for the maturation of multisensory neurons for spatial tasks. Additionally, the ability of vision to convey information in parallel might be taken into account as the main attribute that cannot be fully compensated by the spared modalities. Therefore, the lack of visual experience might impair all spatial tasks that require the integration of inputs from different modalities, such as having to represent a set of objects on the basis of the spatial relationships among the objects, rather than the spatial relationship that each object has with oneself. Here we integrate behavioral and neural evidence to conclude that visual experience is necessary for the neural development of normal spatial cognition.

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  • The necessity of experience for calibration, and the evidence of considerable neural reorganization (such as following late-onset blindness), presents important challenges for sensory substitution.

    “The necessity of experience for calibration, and the evidence of considerable neural reorganization (such as following late-onset blindness), presents important challenges for sensory substitution (see discussion in Pasqualotto & Proulx,2012).”

    From Designing sensory-substitution devices: Principles, pitfalls and potential1 (2016) · cites this paper as Pasqualotto & Proulx,2012

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Authors
Pasqualotto, A., & Proulx, M. J.
Affiliations
Queen Mary University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Pasqualotto, Achille
  • Proulx, Michael J.
Venue
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-04
Volume
36
Issue
4
Pages
1179-1187
ISSN
0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2076854347
Cited by
192
References
217
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FWCI
0.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Marie Curie (PIEF-GA-2010-274163)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
Keywords
visual experience, spatial cognition, congenital blindness, brain reorganization, multisensory integration, spatial hearing, neural development, visual deprivation
MeSH terms
Blindness, Brain, Brain Chemistry, Cognition, Humans, Sensory Receptor Cells, Sensory Deprivation, Space Perception, Visual Perception

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