A cortical area selective for visual processing of the human body

P E Downing; Yuhong Jiang; M Shuman; N Kanwisher

doi:10.1126/science.1063414

A cortical area selective for visual processing of the human body

P E Downing, Yuhong Jiang, M Shuman, N Kanwisher

Psychology (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

Despite extensive evidence for regions of human visual cortex that respond selectively to faces, few studies have considered the cortical representation of the appearance of the rest of the human body. We present a series of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies revealing substantial evidence for a distinct cortical region in humans that responds selectively to images of the human body, as compared with a wide range of control stimuli. This region was found in the lateral occipitotemporal cortex in all subjects tested and apparently reflects a specialized neural system for the visual perception of the human body.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2470-3
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science (New York, N.Y.)
Volume	293
Issue number	5539
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1063414
State	Published - Sep 28 2001

Keywords

Animals
Brain Mapping
Face
Form Perception
Human Body
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Occipital Lobe/physiology
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Recognition, Psychology
Temporal Lobe/physiology
Visual Cortex/physiology

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