Visual Body Part Representation in the Lateral Occipitotemporal Cortex in Children/Adolescents and Adults.

ABSTRACT: The lateral occipitotemporal cortex (LOTC) that responds to human bodies and body parts has been implicated in social development and neurodevelopmental disorders like autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Neuroimaging studies using a representational similarity analysis (RSA) revealed that body representation in the LOTC of typically developing (TD) adults is categorized into 3 clusters: action effector body parts, noneffector body parts, and face parts. However, its organization of younger people (i.e., children and adolescents) and its association with individual traits remain unclear. In this functional MRI study, TD adults and children/adolescents observed photographs of hands, feet, arms, legs, chests, waists, upper/lower faces, the whole body, and chairs. The univariate analysis showed th

SUBMITTER: Okamoto Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8152859 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature