The superior colliculus, or tectum in the case of non-mammalian vertebrates, is a part of the
brain that registers events in the surrounding space, often through vision and hearing, but …

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) has a complex relationship with the thalamus, involving many
nuclei which occupy predominantly medial zones along its anterior-to-posterior extent …

In recent years, many studies have shown that perceiving other individuals' direct gaze has
robust effects on various attentional and cognitive processes. However, considerably less …

Primates are distinguished from other mammals by their heavy reliance on the visual sense,
which occurred as a result of natural selection continually favoring those individuals whose …

Face detection is a foundational social skill for primates. This vital function is thought to be
supported by specialized neural mechanisms; however, although several face-selective …

Faces are thought to have a privileged status for processing relative to other visual images.
Humans use faces to identify people, learn language, and to communicate and understand …

Primate superior colliculus (SC) neurons exhibit visual feature tuning properties and are
implicated in a subcortical network hypothesized to mediate fast threat and/or conspecific …

The pulvinar influences communication between cortical areas. We use fMRI to characterize
the functional organization of the human pulvinar and its coupling with cortex. The ventral …

Brain imaging offers a valuable tool to observe functional brain plasticity by showing how
sensory inputs reshape cortical activations after a visual impairment. Following a unilateral …

Human babies respond preferentially to faces or face-like images. It has been proposed that
an innate and rapid face detection system is present at birth before the cortical visual …