Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Face selective patches in marmoset frontal cortex

  • David J. Schaeffer,
  • Janahan Selvanayagam,
  • Kevin D. Johnston,
  • Ravi S. Menon,
  • Winrich A. Freiwald,
  • Stefan Everling

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18692-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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In Old World primates, socially relevant face processing is accomplished via a distributed functional network including specialized patches in the frontal cortex. Here, the authors demonstrate a similar network in frontal cortex of New World marmoset monkeys, suggesting inheritance from a common ancestor.