Origins of the specialization for letters and numbers in ventral occipitotemporal cortex. Issue 7 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hannagan, Thomas; Amedi, Amir; Cohen, Laurent; Dehaene-Lambertz, Ghislaine; Dehaene, Stanislas
• Is Part Of: Trends in cognitive sciences. Volume 19:Issue 7(2015)
• Page Start: 374
• Page End: 382
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Cognitive science -- Periodicals; Cognitive neuroscience -- Periodicals; 153.05
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.05.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-6613

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">The VWFA and NFA are areas specializing in letter and number recognition, respectively.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">The locations of these symbol form areas are conserved in blind participants.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Their existence cannot be explained by evolutionary changes or visual constraints.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Symbol form areas may emerge from connectivity biases and/or shape feature preferences.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>