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December 4, 2025Brain SciencesOpen Access

Nonverbal Communication Processing in Deaf Adults: An Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis

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Deaf individuals showed significant activation in the left superior temporal gyrus for nonverbal communication.
Meta-analysis examined 14 neuroimaging studies comparing deaf adults with hearing controls.
Findings contradict expectations of visual cortex activation, highlighting reliance on auditory regions.
Cortical reorganization may affect speech perception, suggesting future research on cochlear implants.

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Meta-analysis reveals specific brain activation in the left superior temporal gyrus during nonverbal communication, indicating cross-modal plasticity in deaf adults.

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Mo et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6930dc8aea1aef094cca2846 https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15121299

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Meta-analysis reveals specific brain activation in the left superior temporal gyrus during nonverbal communication, indicating cross-modal plasticity in deaf adults.

Nonverbal Communication Processing in Deaf Adults: An Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis

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Nonverbal Communication Processing in Deaf Adults: An Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis

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