Vision: Face-Centered Representations in the Brain

Vision: Face-Centered Representations in the Brain

A longstanding debate in the face recognition field concerns the format of face representations in the brain. New face research clarifies some of this mystery by revealing a face-centered format in a patient with a left splenium lesion of the corpus callosum who perceives the right side of faces as...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current biology 2020-10, Vol.30 (20), p.R1277-R1278
1. Verfasser: Schyns, Philippe G.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Brain
Corpus Callosum
Facial Recognition
Humans
Orientation, Spatial
Perceptual Distortion
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Zusammenfassung:A longstanding debate in the face recognition field concerns the format of face representations in the brain. New face research clarifies some of this mystery by revealing a face-centered format in a patient with a left splenium lesion of the corpus callosum who perceives the right side of faces as ‘melted’. A longstanding debate in the face recognition field concerns the format of face representations in the brain. New face research clarifies some of this mystery by revealing a face-centered format in a patient with a left splenium lesion of the corpus callosum who perceives the right side of faces as ‘melted’.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.086