Holistic face recognition is an emergent phenomenon of spatial processing in face-selective regions

Sonia Poltoratski; Kendrick Kay; Dawn Finzi; Kalanit Grill-Spector

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24806-1

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Holistic face recognition is an emergent phenomenon of spatial processing in face-selective regions

Sonia Poltoratski,
Kendrick Kay,
Dawn Finzi,
Kalanit Grill-Spector

Affiliations

Sonia Poltoratski: Department of Psychology, Stanford University
Kendrick Kay: Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR), Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota
Dawn Finzi: Department of Psychology, Stanford University
Kalanit Grill-Spector: Department of Psychology, Stanford University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24806-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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It is unknown whether spatial processing in the ventral (‘what’) stream contributes to high-level visual recognition. Here the authors show that spatial processing in face-selective regions directly contributes to whole face recognition behavior.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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