Neural and behavioral correlates of drawing in an early blind painter: A case study

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dc.contributor.authorAmedi, Amirko
dc.contributor.authorMerabet, Lotfi B.ko
dc.contributor.authorCamprodon, Joanko
dc.contributor.authorBermpohl, Felixko
dc.contributor.authorFox, Sharonko
dc.contributor.authorRonen, Itamarko
dc.contributor.authorKim, Dae-Shikko
dc.contributor.authorPascual-Leone, Alvaroko
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-07T18:22:55Z-
dc.date.available2013-03-07T18:22:55Z-
dc.date.created2012-02-06-
dc.date.created2012-02-06-
dc.date.issued2008-11-
dc.identifier.citationBRAIN RESEARCH, v.1242, pp.252 - 262-
dc.identifier.issn0006-8993-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10203/90918-
dc.description.abstractHumans rely heavily on vision to identify objects in the world and can create mental representations of the objects they encounter. Objects can also be identified and mentally represented through haptic exploration. However, it is unclear whether prior visual experience is necessary to generate these internal representations. Subject EA, an early blind artist, provides insight into this question. Like other blind individuals, EA captures the external world by touch. However, he is also able to reveal his internal representations through highly detailed drawings that are unequivocally understandable by a sighted person. We employed fMRI to investigate the neural correlates associated with EA's ability to transform tactilely explored three-dimensional objects into drawings and contrasted these findings with a series of control conditions (e.g. nonsensical scribbling as a sensory-motor control). Activation during drawing (compared to scribbling) occurred in brain areas normally associated with vision, including the striate cortex along with frontal and parietal cortical regions. Some of these areas showed overlap when EA was asked to mentally imagine the pictures he had to draw (albeit to a lesser anatomical extent and signal magnitude). These results have important implications as regards our understanding of the ways in which tactile information can generate mental representations of shapes and scenes in the absence of normal visual development. Furthermore, these findings suggest the occipital cortex plays a key role in supporting mental representations even without prior visual experience. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.-
dc.languageEnglish-
dc.publisherELSEVIER SCIENCE BV-
dc.subjectFRONTOPARIETAL CIRCUIT-
dc.subjectMENTAL-IMAGERY-
dc.subjectVISUAL AREAS-
dc.subjectHUMAN BRAIN-
dc.subjectPERCEPTION-
dc.subjectCORTEX-
dc.subjectFMRI-
dc.subjectRECOGNITION-
dc.subjectACTIVATION-
dc.subjectSYSTEMS-
dc.titleNeural and behavioral correlates of drawing in an early blind painter: A case study-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.wosid000261865500026-
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-55549135316-
dc.type.rimsART-
dc.citation.volume1242-
dc.citation.beginningpage252-
dc.citation.endingpage262-
dc.citation.publicationnameBRAIN RESEARCH-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.brainres.2008.07.088-
dc.contributor.localauthorKim, Dae-Shik-
dc.contributor.nonIdAuthorAmedi, Amir-
dc.contributor.nonIdAuthorMerabet, Lotfi B.-
dc.contributor.nonIdAuthorCamprodon, Joan-
dc.contributor.nonIdAuthorBermpohl, Felix-
dc.contributor.nonIdAuthorFox, Sharon-
dc.contributor.nonIdAuthorRonen, Itamar-
dc.contributor.nonIdAuthorPascual-Leone, Alvaro-
dc.type.journalArticleArticle; Proceedings Paper-
dc.subject.keywordAuthorEarly blind-
dc.subject.keywordAuthorNeuroplasticity-
dc.subject.keywordAuthorDrawing-
dc.subject.keywordAuthorArtistic ability-
dc.subject.keywordAuthorNeuroimaging-
dc.subject.keywordAuthorTactile perception-
dc.subject.keywordAuthorObject recognition-
dc.subject.keywordPlusFRONTOPARIETAL CIRCUIT-
dc.subject.keywordPlusMENTAL-IMAGERY-
dc.subject.keywordPlusVISUAL AREAS-
dc.subject.keywordPlusHUMAN BRAIN-
dc.subject.keywordPlusPERCEPTION-
dc.subject.keywordPlusCORTEX-
dc.subject.keywordPlusFMRI-
dc.subject.keywordPlusRECOGNITION-
dc.subject.keywordPlusACTIVATION-
dc.subject.keywordPlusSYSTEMS-
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