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Vibrotactile Masking Experiments Reveal Accelerated Somatosensory Processing in Congenitally Blind Braille Readers

Arindam Bhattacharjee, Amanda J. Ye, Joy A. Lisak, Maria G. Vargas and Daniel Goldreich
Journal of Neuroscience 27 October 2010, 30 (43) 14288-14298; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1447-10.2010
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1447-10.2010
PubMed 
20980584
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History 
  • Received March 21, 2010
  • Revision received August 7, 2010
  • Accepted August 12, 2010
  • First published October 27, 2010.
  • Version of record published October 27, 2010.
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  1. Arindam Bhattacharjee1,
  2. Amanda J. Ye1,
  3. Joy A. Lisak2,
  4. Maria G. Vargas2, and
  5. Daniel Goldreich1,2
  1. 1Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada, and
  2. 2Department of Occupational Therapy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Daniel Goldreich, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada. goldrd{at}mcmaster.ca
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    • Received March 21, 2010.
    • Revision received August 7, 2010.
    • Accepted August 12, 2010.
  • This work was supported by grants from the National Eye Institute and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) (D.G.). We thank Deda Gillespie for equipment design and construction, Kajal Chohan for assistance with experiments, and two anonymous reviewers for their many helpful comments.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Daniel Goldreich, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada. goldrd{at}mcmaster.ca

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Arindam Bhattacharjee, Amanda J. Ye, Joy A. Lisak, Maria G. Vargas, Daniel Goldreich
Journal of Neuroscience 27 October 2010, 30 (43) 14288-14298; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1447-10.2010

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Journal of Neuroscience 27 October 2010, 30 (43) 14288-14298; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1447-10.2010
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