modality-specific and modality-independent

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What is the difference between modality-specific and modality-independent?

-- Ka Wai Ng (psua88@bangro.ac.uk), April 13, 2004

Answers

If you run these terms through Google, you'll find many examples suggesting that modality-specific refers to parts of the brain activated by specific senses (vision, hearing, etc.) versus parts that may be activated by input from any of the senses.

-- Hendrika Vande Kemp (hendrika@earthlink.net), April 13, 2004.

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