Social perception in deaf individuals: A meta‐analysis of neuroimaging studies
Maria Arioli,
Cecilia Segatta,
Costanza Papagno
et al.
Abstract:Deaf individuals may report difficulties in social interactions. However, whether these difficulties depend on deafness affecting social brain circuits is controversial. Here, we report the first meta‐analysis comparing brain activations of hearing and (prelingually) deaf individuals during social perception. Our findings showed that deafness does not impact on the functional mechanisms supporting social perception. Indeed, both deaf and hearing control participants recruited regions of the action observation … Show more
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