Face Processing in Developmental Prosopagnosia: Altered Neural Representations in the Fusiform Face Area.

ABSTRACT: Rationale: Face expertise is a pivotal social skill. Developmental prosopagnosia (DP), i.e., the inability to recognize faces without a history of brain damage, affects about 2% of the general population, and is a renowned model system of the face-processing network. Within this network, the right Fusiform Face Area (FFA), is particularly involved in face identity processing and may therefore be a key element in DP. Neural representations within the FFA have been examined with Representational Similarity Analysis (RSA), a data-analytical framework in which multi-unit measures of brain activity are assessed with correlation analysis. Objectives: Our study intended to scrutinize modifications of FFA-activation during face encoding and maintenance based on RSA. Methods: T

SUBMITTER: Haeger A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8636799 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature