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The tactile reading system in the blind: probing the limits of human brain plasticity.

2015/19/B/HS6/01256

Keywords:

fMRI plasticity perception

Descriptors:

  • HS6_5: Evolutionary and comparative psychology, genetics of behaviour, psychophysiology, neuropsychology
  • HS6_1: General psychology (cognitive processes, emotions, motivations, personality, individual differences), experimental psychology, psycholinguistics

Panel:

HS6 - Human nature and human society: psychology, pedagogy/education studies, sociology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Filozoficzny

woj. małopolskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Marcin Szwed 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 10 - announced on 2015-09-15

Amount awarded: 762 367 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-06-20

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2019-11-19

Project duration:: 41 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Dwie licencje Brain Voyager. (2 szt.) (43 076 PLN)
  2. Jedna licencja Analyze 12.0.
  3. Komputer typu desktop dużej mocy z podstawowym oprogramowaniem (16 000 PLN)
  4. Laptop z oprogramowaniem (9 000 PLN)
  5. Kamera kompatybilna ze skanerem MRI (33 000 PLN)
  6. Licencja Brain Voyager oraz dodatkowy sprzęt elektroniczny 2018 (9 016 PLN)
  7. S2 Ergo Pad ze stacją ładująco-synchronizującą i okablowaniem.
  8. Laptop HP ZBook (10 600 PLN)
  9. Licencja Brain Voyager oraz dodatkowy sprzęt elektroniczny 2017 (9 016 PLN)
  10. Stymulator brajlowski (Active Star, HandyTech) (25 000 PLN)
  11. Licencja Brain Voyager oraz dodatkowy sprzęt elektroniczny 2019 (2 676 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Orthographic priming in Braille reading as evidence for task-specific reorganization in the ventral visual cortex of the congenitally blind
    Authors:
    Rączy, K., Urbańczyk., A., Korczyk, M., Szewczyk, J., Sumera, E., Szwed, M.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (rok: 2019, tom: 31, strony: 1065-1078), Wydawca: The MIT Press Journals
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1162/jocn_a_01407 - link to the publication
  2. Whether the hearing brain hears it or the deaf brain sees it, it's just the same
    Authors:
    Marcin Szwed, Łukasz Bola and Maria Zimmermann
    Academic press:
    PNAS (rok: 2017, tom: 114, strony: 8135-8137), Wydawca: National Academy of Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1073/pnas.1710492114 - link to the publication
  3. Task-specific reorganization of the auditory cortex in deaf humans
    Authors:
    Łukasz Bola, Maria Zimmermann, Piotr Mostowski, Katarzyna Jednoróg, Artur Marchewka, Paweł Rutkowski and Marcin Szwed
    Academic press:
    PNAS (rok: 2017, tom: 114, strony: E600-E609.), Wydawca: National Academy of Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1073/pnas.1609000114 - link to the publication