Abstract
People treated for bilateral congenital cataracts offer a model to study the influence of visual deprivation in early infancy on visual and multisensory development. We investigated cross-modal integration capabilities in cataract patients using a simple detection task that provided redundant information to two different senses. In both patients and controls, redundancy gains were consistent with coactivation models, indicating an integrated processing of modality-specific information. This finding is in contrast with recent studies showing impaired higher-level multisensory interactions in cataract patients. The present results suggest that basic cross-modal integrative processes for simple short stimuli do not depend on visual and/or crossmodal input since birth.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Developmental Neuropsychology |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Pages (from-to) | 697-711 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISSN | 8756-5641 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Auditory Perception
- Cataract
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Reaction Time
- Sensory Deprivation
- Touch Perception
- Visual Perception
- Young Adult