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November 30, 2025Cerebral Cortex

Association between cortical thickness and functional response to linguistic processing in the occipital cortex of early blind individuals

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MCMaria CzarneckaKHKatarzyna HryniewieckaWarsaw University of TechnologyAWAgata Wolna

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Implication

This analysis shows how structural changes impact functional processing in early blind individuals, indicating adaptations in the brain's organization.

Key Points

  • Lower cortical thickness relates to increased functional activation during linguistic tasks in the occipital cortex.
  • Specifically, variations in middle occipital gyrus and calcarine sulcus impact orthographic and phonological processing outcomes.
  • Linear mixed models were utilized to analyze data from 38 early blind individuals engaged in Braille reading and auditory tasks.
  • These findings highlight the significant interplay between structural changes and functional organization in the blind's neural adaptations.

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Czarnecka et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692b943e1d383f2b2a378997https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaf317
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