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Brain plasticity: ‘visual’ acuity of blind persons via the tongue
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The 'visual' acuity of blind persons perceiving information through a newly developed human-machine interface, with an array of electrical stimulators on the tongue, has been quantified using a standard Ophthalmological test (Snellen Tumbling E). Acuity without training averaged 20/860. This doubled with 9 h of training. The interface may lead to practical devices for persons with sensory loss such as blindness, and offers a means of exploring late brain plasticity.
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“Interestingly, their participants reported that they located the objects in space rather than at the stimulation site, an example of externalization.”
From Designing sensory-substitution devices: Principles, pitfalls and potential1 (2016) · cites this paper as Sampaio, Maris and Bach-y-Rita (2001)
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“Participants performed better than in experiments with tactile SSDs (Chebat et al., 2007, Sampaio et al., 2001), retinal prostheses (Zrenner et al., 2010) and 55% showed acuity higher than the threshold for blindness (see also Levy-Tzedek, Riemer, & Amedi, 2014).”
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“Sampaio, Maris and Bach-y-Rita (2001) found that acuity, measured with a haptic rendering of a Snellen visual acuity chart with a tongue-based SSD was 20/860 on average but doubled after 9 h of training.”
From Designing sensory-substitution devices: Principles, pitfalls and potential1 (2016) · cites this paper as Sampaio, Maris and Bach-y-Rita (2001)
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sampaio, E., Maris, S., & Bach-y-Rita, P.
- Affiliations
- Université de Strasbourg (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Sampaio, Eliana
- Venue
- Brain Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-07
- Volume
- 908
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 204-207
- ISSN
- 0006-8993 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2085075010
- Cited by
- 258
- References
- 14
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- FWCI
- 1.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Brain Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Keywords
- neuroplasticity, visual acuity, blind people, human-machine interaction, tactile perception, sensory substitution, Snellen test, training effects, sensory impairment
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Electronic Data Processing, Blindness, Brain, Electric Stimulation Therapy, Humans, Neuronal Plasticity, Psychomotor Performance, Tongue, Touch, User-Computer Interface, Video Recording, Visual Acuity, Recovery of Function
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