Enriched learning: Behavior, brain, and computation

B Mathias, K von Kriegstein - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
The presence of complementary information across multiple sensory or motor modalities
during learning, referred to as multimodal enrichment, can markedly benefit learning …

Crossmodal plasticity in hearing loss

A Kral, A Sharma - Trends in neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
Crossmodal plasticity is a textbook example of the ability of the brain to reorganize based on
use. We review evidence from the auditory system showing that such reorganization has …

Zorro: the masked multimodal transformer

A Recasens, J Lin, J Carreira, D Jaegle, L Wang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Attention-based models are appealing for multimodal processing because inputs from
multiple modalities can be concatenated and fed to a single backbone network-thus …

Task-dependent functional and effective connectivity during conceptual processing

P Kuhnke, M Kiefer, G Hartwigsen - Cerebral Cortex, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Conceptual knowledge is central to cognition. Previous neuroimaging research indicates
that conceptual processing involves both modality-specific perceptual-motor areas and …

Task selectivity as a comprehensive principle for brain organization

A Amedi, S Hofstetter, S Maidenbaum… - Trends in cognitive …, 2017 - cell.com
How do the anatomically consistent functional selectivities of the brain emerge? A new study
by Bola and colleagues reveals task selectivity in auditory rhythm-selective areas in …

The cognitive hearing science perspective on perceiving, understanding, and remembering language: The ELU model

J Rönnberg, C Signoret, J Andin, E Holmer - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The review gives an introductory description of the successive development of data patterns
based on comparisons between hearing-impaired and normal hearing participants' speech …

Rethinking modality-specificity in the cognitive neuroscience of concrete word meaning: A position paper

F Calzavarini - Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A core assumption in the current neurosemantic research is that meanings of
concrete words (object nouns, action verbs) are at least partially grounded in modality …

Are critical periods reversible in the adult brain? Insights on cortical specializations based on sensory deprivation studies

B Heimler, A Amedi - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
We review here studies with visual and auditory deprived/recovery populations to argue for
the need of a redefinition of the crucial role of unisensory-specific experiences during critical …

Functional selectivity for face processing in the temporal voice area of early deaf individuals

S Benetti, MJ van Ackeren, G Rabini… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Brain systems supporting face and voice processing both contribute to the extraction of
important information for social interaction (eg, person identity). How does the brain …

Crossmodal reorganisation in deafness: mechanisms for functional preservation and functional change

V Cardin, K Grin, V Vinogradova, B Manini - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2020 - Elsevier
The study of deafness and blindness has contributed unique knowledge to our
understanding of the brain, showing that environmental experience critically shapes neural …