More than the face: representations of bodies in the inferior temporal cortex

R Vogels - Annual Review of Vision Science, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Visual representations of bodies, in addition to those of faces, contribute to the recognition of
con-and heterospecifics, to action recognition, and to nonverbal communication. Despite its …

The unexplored link between aesthetic perception and creativity: A theory-driven meta-analysis of fMRI studies in the visual domain

LM Sacheli, G Tomasetig, MA Musco, S Pizzi… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Creative production (related to art-making) and aesthetic appreciation (related to art-
viewing) are inherently linked in visual arts, but their relationship has never been explored …

[HTML][HTML] The role of motion in the neural representation of social interactions in the posterior temporal cortex

J Landsiedel, K Daughters, PE Downing, K Koldewyn - Neuroimage, 2022 - Elsevier
Humans are an inherently social species, with multiple focal brain regions sensitive to
various visual social cues such as faces, bodies, and biological motion. More recently …

Twenty years of investigation with the case of prosopagnosia PS to understand human face identity recognition. Part II: Neural basis

B Rossion - Neuropsychologia, 2022 - Elsevier
Patient PS sustained her dramatic brain injury thirty years ago, in 1992, the same year as the
first report of a neuroimaging study of human face recognition. The present paper …

Molecular basis underlying functional connectivity of fusiform gyrus subregions: A transcriptome-neuroimaging spatial correlation study

J Chen, C Zhang, R Wang, P Jiang, H Cai, W Zhao… - Cortex, 2022 - Elsevier
The fusiform gyrus (FG) subserves a range of visual cognitive functions likely arising from its
distinct subregions that present different connectivity profiles. Nevertheless, the molecular …

[HTML][HTML] The neural coding of face and body orientation in occipitotemporal cortex

C Foster, M Zhao, T Bolkart, MJ Black, A Bartels… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
Face and body orientation convey important information for us to understand other people's
actions, intentions and social interactions. It has been shown that several occipitotemporal …

One object, two networks? Assessing the relationship between the face and body-selective regions in the primate visual system

J Taubert, JB Ritchie, LG Ungerleider… - Brain Structure and …, 2022 - Springer
Faces and bodies are often treated as distinct categories that are processed separately by
face-and body-selective brain regions in the primate visual system. These regions occupy …

A broadly tuned network for affective body language in the macaque brain

J Taubert, S Japee, A Patterson, H Wild, S Goyal… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Body language is a powerful tool that we use to communicate how we feel, but it is unclear
whether other primates also communicate in this way. Here, we use functional magnetic …

Playing together, laughing together: rapid facial mimicry and social sensitivity in lowland gorillas

C Bresciani, G Cordoni, E Palagi - Current Zoology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In nonhuman animals, the phenomenon of rapid facial mimicry (RFM)—the automatic,
involuntary, and rapid (< 1 s) replication of others' facial expressions—has been mainly …

Reciprocal or independent hemispheric specializations: Evidence from cerebral dominance for fluency, faces, and bodies in right-and left-handers.

EM Karlsson, LT Johnstone… - Psychology & …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: There are distinct cortical regions that respond preferentially to human faces and
bodies. It is generally accepted that these face-and body-selective regions are lateralized to …