Functional relevance of the extrastriate body area for visual and haptic object recognition: a preregistered fMRI-guided TMS study.

ABSTRACT: The extrastriate body area (EBA) is a region in the lateral occipito-temporal cortex (LOTC), which is sensitive to perceived body parts. Neuroimaging studies suggested that EBA is related to body and tool processing, regardless of the sensory modalities. However, how essential this region is for visual tool processing and nonvisual object processing remains a matter of controversy. In this preregistered fMRI-guided repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) study, we examined the causal involvement of EBA in multisensory body and tool recognition. Participants used either vision or haptics to identify 3 object categories: hands, teapots (tools), and cars (control objects). Continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) was applied over left EBA, right EBA, or vertex (control site). Per

SUBMITTER: Atilgan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10176024 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature