title: Task Selectivity as a Comprehensive Principle for Brain Organization.
abstract: 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 congenitally deaf adults perceiving visual rhythm sequences. Here, we contextualize this result with accumulating evidence from animal and human studies supporting sensory-independent task specializations as a comprehensive principle shaping brain (re)organization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel; The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Research, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel; The Cognitive Science Program, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91220, Israel; Sorbonne Université, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Université Paris 06, Institute de la Vision, Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé (UMRS) 968, Paris 75012, France. Electronic address: Amir.Amedi@ekmd.huji.ac.il.
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel; The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Research, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Shir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hofstetter
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel; The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Research, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Shachar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maidenbaum
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel; The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Research, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Benedetta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heimler
mesh_terms: D001303:Auditory Cortex; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003638:Deafness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D010775:Photic Stimulation