Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Organization of high-level visual cortex in human infants

  • Ben Deen,
  • Hilary Richardson,
  • Daniel D. Dilks,
  • Atsushi Takahashi,
  • Boris Keil,
  • Lawrence L. Wald,
  • Nancy Kanwisher,
  • Rebecca Saxe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13995
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Adult visual cortex is organized into regions that respond to categories such as faces and scenes, but it is unclear if this depends on experience. Here, authors measured brain activity in 4–6 month old infants looking at faces and scenes and find that their visual cortex is organized similarly to adults.