The fusiform face area is selective for faces not animals
TO test whether the human fusiform face area (FFA) responds not only to faces but to
anything human or animate, we used fMRI to measure the response of the FFA to six new
stimulus categories. The strongest responses were to stimuli containing faces: human faces
(2.0% signal increase from fixation baseline) and human heads (1.7%), with weaker but still
strong responses to whole humans (1.5%) and animal heads (1.3%). Responses to whole
animals (1.0%) and human bodies without heads (1.0%) were significantly stronger than …
anything human or animate, we used fMRI to measure the response of the FFA to six new
stimulus categories. The strongest responses were to stimuli containing faces: human faces
(2.0% signal increase from fixation baseline) and human heads (1.7%), with weaker but still
strong responses to whole humans (1.5%) and animal heads (1.3%). Responses to whole
animals (1.0%) and human bodies without heads (1.0%) were significantly stronger than …
[引用][C] The fusiform face area is selective for faces not animals. NeuroReport: For Rapid Communication of Neuroscience Research, 10 (1), 183–187
N Kanwisher, D Stanley, A Harris - 1999
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