Visual neuroscience: face-encoding mechanisms revealed by adaptation.
Faces convey a great variety of information, for example about the species, gender, age, identity and even mood or intentions. A recent study sheds light on the neural mechanisms for encoding a face's gaze direction.
Sigala
Rodrigo
R
Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics Spemannstrasse 38, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
Rainer
Gregor
G
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D005149:Facial Expression; D006801:Humans; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*