Distinct response properties between the FFA to faces and the PPA to houses.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The object recognition system involves both selectivity to specific object category and invariance to changes in low-level visual features. Mounting neuroimaging evidence supports that brain areas in the ventral temporal cortex, such as the FFA and PPA, respond preferentially to faces and houses, respectively. However, how regions in human ventral temporal cortex partitioned and functionally organized to selectively and invariantly respond to different object categories remains unclear. What are the changes of response properties at the intersection of adjacent but distinctively-selective regions?

Method

Here, we conducted an fMRI study and three-pronged analyses to compare the brain mapping relationships between the FFA to faces and the PPA to houses. Specifica

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9392545 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature