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Touching numbers. Investigating the neural representation of numbers in dual visual/Braille alphabet readers.

2016/21/B/HS6/03703

Keywords:

fMRI plasticity perception number sense

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: 7

Call: OPUS 11 - announced on 2016-03-15

Amount awarded: 1 165 326 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-02-24

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2021-08-23

Project duration:: 54 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Drobna elektronika (2019) (4 000 PLN)
  2. Licencja Presentation (2017 - 2018) (2 szt.) (10 000 PLN)
  3. Motion track.
  4. Laptop wysokiej mocy z oprogramowaniem (2 szt.) (22 000 PLN)
  5. Drukarka (6 000 PLN)
  6. Lapto do badań behawioralnych z podstawowym oprogramowaniem (2 szt.) (11 000 PLN)
  7. Drobna elektronika (2018) (4 000 PLN)
  8. Licencje progtramu Matlab (3 szt.) (9 900 PLN)
  9. Liencja Presentation (2019) (5 000 PLN)
  10. Drobna elektronika (2017) (4 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  1. MVPA decoding of Braille numbers in the Intraparietal Sulcus of sighted Braille readers
    Authors:
    Czarnecka, M., Rączy, K., Szewczyk, J., Paplińska, M., Jednoróg, K., Marchewka, A., Hesselmann, G., Knops, A., Szwed, M.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience , Wydawca: MIT Press
    Status:
    Submitted
  2. Tactile to visual number priming in the left intraparietal cortex of sighted Braille readers
    Authors:
    Rączy Katarzyna, Czarnecka Maria , Paplińska Małgorzata, Hesselmann Guido, Knops Andre, Szwed Marcin
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2020, tom: 10, strony: 17571), Wydawca: Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-020-72431-7 - link to the publication
  3. A shared code for Braille and Arabic digits revealed by cross-modal priming in sighted Braille readers
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Rączy, Maria Czarnecka, Dominika Zaremba, Małgorzata Paplińska, Guido Hesselmann, André Knops, Marcin Szwed
    Academic press:
    Acta Psychologica (rok: 2020, tom: 202, strony: 102960), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102960 - link to the publication
  4. Functional hierarchy for tactile processing in the visual cortex of sighted Braille readers
    Authors:
    Bola, Ł., Matuszewski J., Szczepanik M., Droździel, D., Sliwinska, M., Paplińska M., Jednoróg K.,, Szwed., M, Marchewka, A
    Academic press:
    Neuroimage (rok: 2019, tom: 202, strony: 116084), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116084 - link to the publication
  5. Structural reorganization of the early visual cortex following Braille training in sighted adults
    Authors:
    Łukasz Bola, Katarzyna Siuda-Krzywicka, Małgorzata Paplińska, Ewa Sumera, Maria Zimmermann, Katarzyna Jednoróg, Artur Marchewka & Marcin Szwed
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2017, tom: 7, strony: x), Wydawca: Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-017-17738-8. - link to the publication