A functional dissociation of face-, body- and scene-selective brain areas based on their response to moving and static stimuli.

ABSTRACT: The human brain contains areas that respond selectively to faces, bodies and scenes. Neuroimaging studies have shown that a subset of these areas preferentially respond more to moving than static stimuli, but the reasons for this functional dissociation remain unclear. In the present study, we simultaneously mapped the responses to motion in face-, body- and scene-selective areas in the right hemisphere using moving and static stimuli. Participants (N = 22) were scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while viewing videos containing bodies, faces, objects, scenes or scrambled objects, and static pictures from the beginning, middle and end of each video. Results demonstrated that lateral areas, including face-selective areas in the posterior and anterior superior temporal

SUBMITTER: Pitcher D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6546694 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature