Understanding the causes of functional selectivity in the human brain through a study of sign language and visual Braille reading. KU Leuven
Past research has developed the tools to investigate information processing in the human brain, and has used these methods to elucidate the complex hierarchical system involved in the processing of visual stimuli. In particular, a large part of human cortex is organized in terms of the category a visual stimulus belongs to, such as faces, bodies, and visual word forms. However, as reviewed in Op de Beeck et al. (2019, Trends in Cognitive ...