scholarly journals Role of the fusiform gyrus and superior temporal sulcus in face perception and recognition: An empirical review

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuya Iidaka
Keyword(s):  
Face Perception ◽  
Superior Temporal Sulcus ◽  
Fusiform Gyrus ◽  
Face Perception And Recognition

scholarly journals Intracranial Markers of Conscious Face Perception in Humans

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiano Baroni ◽  
Jochem van Kempen ◽  
Hiroto Kawasaki ◽  
Christopher K. Kovach ◽  
Hiroyuki Oya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Face Perception ◽  
Neuronal Activity ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Superior Temporal Sulcus ◽  
Fusiform Gyrus ◽  
Conscious Perception ◽  
Neuronal Responses ◽  
Continuous Flash Suppression ◽  
The Core ◽  
Perceptual Threshold

The comparison between perceived and unperceived trials at perceptual threshold isolates not only the core neuronal substrate of a particular conscious perception, but also aspects of brain activity that facilitate, hinder or tend to follow conscious perception. We take a step towards the resolution of these confounds by combining an analysis of ECoG neuronal responses observed during the presentation of faces partially masked by Continuous Flash Suppression, and those responses observed during the unmasked presentation of faces and other images in the same subjects. Neuronal activity in both the fusiform gyrus and the superior temporal sulcus discriminated seen vs. unseen faces in the masked paradigm and upright faces vs. other categories in the unmasked paradigm. However, only the former discriminated upright vs. inverted faces in the unmasked paradigm. Our results suggest a prominent role for the fusiform gyrus in the configural perception of faces.

The Role of High Spatial Frequencies in Face Perception

Perception ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 1151-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Fiorentini ◽  
Lamberto Maffei ◽  
Giulio Sandini
Keyword(s):  
Face Perception ◽  
Spatial Frequencies

scholarly journals Examining the role of red background in magnocellular contribution to face perception

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhuvanesh Awasthi ◽  
Mark A Williams ◽  
Jason Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Frequency ◽  
Face Perception ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Specific Property ◽  
High Spatial Frequency ◽  
Arm Movement ◽  
Frequency Component ◽  
Behavioral Evidence ◽  
Movement Curvature

This study examines the role of the magnocellular system in the early stages of face perception, in particular sex categorization. Utilizing the specific property of magnocellular suppression in red light, we investigated visually guided reaching to low and high spatial frequency hybrid faces against red and grey backgrounds. The arm movement curvature measure shows that reduced response of the magnocellular pathway interferes with the low spatial frequency component of face perception. This is the first definitive behavioral evidence for magnocellular contribution to face perception.

Editorial: Face perception and recognition

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Ryusuke Kakigi ◽  
Masami K. Yamaguchi
Keyword(s):  
Face Perception ◽  
Face Perception And Recognition

scholarly journals Corrigendum to “Fingerspelling, signed language, text and picture processing in deaf native signers: The role of the mid-fusiform gyrus” [NeuroImage 35 (2007) 1287–1302]

NeuroImage ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 984-986
Author(s):  
Dafydd Waters ◽  
Ruth Campbell ◽  
Cheryl M. Capek ◽  
Bencie Woll ◽  
Anthony S. David ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fusiform Gyrus ◽  
Picture Processing ◽  
Signed Language ◽  
Native Signers ◽  
Language Text

Identification of Familiar and Unfamiliar Faces from Internal and External Features: Some Implications for Theories of Face Recognition

Perception ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadyn D Ellis ◽  
John W Shepherd ◽  
Graham M Davies
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Face Perception ◽  
Recognition Test ◽  
Internal Representation ◽  
Famous People ◽  
Feature Saliency ◽  
Face Perception And Recognition ◽  
Unfamiliar Faces

Three experiments are reported in which recognition of faces from whole faces or internal or external features was compared. In the first experiment, where the faces were of famous people, an advantage was found for identification from internal features. In the second experiment involving unfamiliar faces, however, no difference was found in recognition rates when subjects were given the internal or the external features. In a third experiment famous faces were presented and mixed with other famous faces for a recognition test. As in experiment 1, better recognition occurred from internal as compared with external features. It is argued that the internal representation for familiar faces may be qualitatively different from that for faces seen just once. In particular some advantage in feature saliency may accrue to the internal or ‘expressive’ features of familiar faces. The implications of these results are considered in relation to general theories of face perception and recognition.

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