Auditory spatial representations of the world are compressed in blind humans.

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Published in Exp Brain Res on November 11, 2016

Authors

Andrew J Kolarik1,2,3, Shahina Pardhan4, Silvia Cirstea4, Brian C J Moore5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EB, UK. ak771@cam.ac.uk.
2: Vision and Eye Research Unit (VERU), Postgraduate Medical Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, YST 215, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK. ak771@cam.ac.uk.
3: Centre for the Study of the Senses, Institute of Philosophy, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU, UK. ak771@cam.ac.uk.
4: Vision and Eye Research Unit (VERU), Postgraduate Medical Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, YST 215, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK.
5: Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EB, UK.

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