Vision matters for shape representation: Evidence from sculpturing and drawing in the blind

doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2024.02.016

	Vision matters for shape representation: Evidence from sculpturing and drawing in the blind
	Tian, Shuang 1; Chen, Lingjuan 1; Wang, Xiaoying 1; Li, Guochao 1; Fu, Ze 1; Ji, Yufeng 4,5; Lu, Jiahui 1; Wang, Xiaosha 1; Shan, Shiguang 4,5; Bi, Yanchao 1,2,3
	2024-05-01
发表期刊	CORTEX
ISSN	0010-9452
卷号	174 页码:241-255
摘要	Shape is a property that could be perceived by vision and touch, and is classically considered to be supramodal. While there is mounting evidence for the shared cognitive and neural representation space between visual and tactile shape, previous research tended to rely on dissimilarity structures between objects and had not examined the detailed properties of shape representation in the absence of vision. To address this gap, we conducted three explicit object shape knowledge production experiments with congenitally blind and sighted participants, who were asked to produce verbal features, 3D clay models, and 2D drawings of familiar objects with varying levels of tactile exposure, including tools, large nonmanipulable objects, and animals. We found that the absence of visual experience (i.e., in the blind group) led to stronger differences in animals than in tools and large objects, suggesting that direct tactile experience of objects is essential for shape representation when vision is unavailable. For tools with rich tactile/manipulation experiences, the blind produced overall good shapes comparable to the sighted, yet also showed intriguing differences. The blind group had more variations and a systematic bias in the geometric property of tools (making them stubbier than the sighted), indicating that visual experience contributes to aligning internal representations and calibrating overall object configurations, at least for tools. Taken together, the object shape representation reflects the intricate orchestration of vision, touch and language. (c) 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	Shape Multimodal Blind Object modelling Drawing
DOI	10.1016/j.cortex.2024.02.016
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Science and Technology Innovation 2030 Major Program[2021ZD0204104] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31925020] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[82021004] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[32071050] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[32171052] ; Changjiang Scholar Professorship Award[T2016031] ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
WOS研究方向	Behavioral Sciences ; Neurosciences & Neurology ; Psychology
WOS类目	Behavioral Sciences ; Neurosciences ; Psychology, Experimental
WOS记录号	WOS:001231995600001
出版者	ELSEVIER MASSON, CORP OFF
引用统计	被引频次：1[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.204/handle/2XEOYT63/40069
专题	中国科学院计算技术研究所期刊论文_英文
通讯作者	Bi, Yanchao
作者单位	1.Beijing Normal Univ, McGovern Inst Brain Res, State Key Lab Cognit Neurosci & Learning & IDG, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 2.Beijing Normal Univ, Beijing Key Lab Brain Imaging & Connect, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Inst Brain Res, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Comp Technol, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tian, Shuang,Chen, Lingjuan,Wang, Xiaoying,et al. Vision matters for shape representation: Evidence from sculpturing and drawing in the blind[J]. CORTEX,2024,174:241-255.
APA	Tian, Shuang.,Chen, Lingjuan.,Wang, Xiaoying.,Li, Guochao.,Fu, Ze.,...&Bi, Yanchao.(2024).Vision matters for shape representation: Evidence from sculpturing and drawing in the blind.CORTEX,174,241-255.
MLA	Tian, Shuang,et al."Vision matters for shape representation: Evidence from sculpturing and drawing in the blind".CORTEX 174(2024):241-255.