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ArticleHuman brain mapping2026

The Neural Organization of Visual Information in the Auditory Cortex of the Congenitally Deaf.

Zohar Tal, Joana Sayal, Fang Fang, Yanchao Bi, Jorge Almeida, Alessio Fracasso

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Article in Human brain mapping, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Zohar TalProaction Laboratory, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Joana SayalProaction Laboratory, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Fang FangSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yanchao BiState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern, Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Jorge AlmeidaProaction Laboratory, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Alessio FracassoSchool of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

Funding

Bial Foundation Grants Programme A-29315Biotechnology and Biology research council BB/S006605/1European Research Council 802553European Research Executive Agency Widening 101087584Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia 2023.07705.CEECIND/CP2832/CT0013Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia COMPETE2030-FEDER-00702600/15905Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia PTDC/PSI-GER/30757/2017Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UI/BD/154438/2022National Natural Science Foundation of China 31930053
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using fMRI and pRF modeling, we show that visual spatial information is represented in the auditory cortex of congenital deaf individuals through deactivation signals. These negative BOLD responses suggest a novel mechanism of cross-modal plasticity.

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Auditory CortexDeafnessVisual PerceptionBrain MappingFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeuronal PlasticityOxygenOxygencongenital deafnessfunctional magnetic resonance imagingneuroplasticitypopulation receptive field analysistopographic organization

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PMID41645742
PMCPMC12877721

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