Visual neuroscience: a hat-trick for modularity.
A new study using transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain shows that each of three neighboring areas of visual cortex plays a specific and causal role in perceiving faces, bodies and other kinds of objects.
Downing
Paul E
PE
School of Psychology, Bangor University, UK. p.downing@bangor.ac.uk
D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009488:Neurosciences; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*