Neurons in inferior temporal cortex are sensitive to motion trajectory during degraded object recognition

ABSTRACT: Abstract Our brains continuously acquire sensory information and make judgments even when visual information is limited. In some circumstances, an ambiguous object can be recognized from how it moves, such as an animal hopping or a plane flying overhead. Yet it remains unclear how movement is processed by brain areas involved in visual object recognition. Here we investigate whether inferior temporal (IT) cortex, an area known for its relevance in visual form processing, has access to motion information during recognition. We developed a matching task that required monkeys to recognize moving shapes with variable levels of shape degradation. Neural recordings in area IT showed that, surprisingly, some IT neurons responded stronger to degraded shapes than clear ones. Furthermore, neurons ex

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9499820 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature