Fine-scale spatial organization of face and object selectivity in the temporal lobe: do functional magnetic resonance imaging, optical imaging, and electrophysiology agree?
The spatial organization of the brain's object and face representations in the temporal lobe is critical for understanding high-level vision and cognition but is poorly understood. Recently, exciting progress has been made using advanced imaging and physiology methods in humans and nonhuman primates, and the combination of such methods may be particularly powerful. Studies applying these methods help us to understand how neuronal activity, optical imaging, and functional magnetic resonance imaging signals are related within the temporal lobe, and to uncover the fine-grained and large-scale spatial organization of object and face representations in the primate brain.
Op de Beeck
Hans P
HP
Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. hans.opdebeeck@psy.kuleuven.be
Dicarlo
James J
JJ
Goense
Jozien B M
JB
Grill-Spector
Kalanit
K
Papanastassiou
Alex
A
Tanifuji
Manabu
M
Tsao
Doris Y
DY
D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000379:methods; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology