title: Visual cortex: how are faces and objects represented?
abstract: The way in which information about complex objects and faces is represented in visual cortex is controversial. One model posits that information is processed in modules, highly specialized for different categories of objects; an opposing model appeals to a distributed representation across a large network of visual areas. A recent paper uses a novel imaging technique to address this controversy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK. t.andrews@psych.york.ac.uk
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497325:EGR1 protein, human; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors