Large-scale dissociations between views of objects, scenes, and reachable-scale environments in visual cortex.

ABSTRACT: Space-related processing recruits a network of brain regions separate from those recruited in object processing. This dissociation has largely been explored by contrasting views of navigable-scale spaces to views of close-up, isolated objects. However, in naturalistic visual experience, we encounter spaces intermediate to these extremes, like the tops of desks and kitchen counters, which are not navigable but typically contain multiple objects. How are such reachable-scale views represented in the brain? In three human functional neuroimaging experiments, we find evidence for a large-scale dissociation of reachable-scale views from both navigable scene views and close-up object views. Three brain regions were identified that showed a systematic response preference to reachable views, locat

SUBMITTER: Josephs EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7703543 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature