Patches of face-selective cortex in the macaque frontal lobe
Patches of face-selective cortex in the macaque frontal lobe
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DOI：
10.1038/nn.2158
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发表时间：
2008-08-01
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25
通讯作者：
Freiwald, Winrich A.
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作者：
Tsao, Doris Y.;Schweers, Nicole;Freiwald, Winrich A.
在灵长类动物中，专门的枕颞面部区域支持对面部的视觉分析，但尚不清楚额叶是否存在类似的专门区域。通过对警觉猕猴的功能性磁共振成像，我们在腹侧前额叶皮质识别出三个离散的高面部选择性皮质区域，其中一个区域强烈偏侧于右侧大脑半球。这些前额面部斑块可以构成用于检索和响应面部信息的专用模块。
In primates, specialized occipital-temporal face areas support the visual analysis of faces, but it is unclear whether similarly specialized areas exist in the frontal lobe. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging in alert macaques, we identified three discrete regions of highly face-selective cortex in ventral prefrontal cortex, one of which was strongly lateralized to the right hemisphere. These prefrontal face patches may constitute dedicated modules for retrieving and responding to facial information.