[HTML][HTML] Polar angle asymmetries in visual perception and neural architecture

MM Himmelberg, J Winawer, M Carrasco - Trends in Neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
Human visual performance changes with visual field location. It is best at the center of gaze
and declines with eccentricity, and also varies markedly with polar angle. These perceptual …

[HTML][HTML] The anterior fusiform gyrus: The ghost in the cortical face machine

B Rossion, C Jacques, J Jonas - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Face-selective regions in the human ventral occipito-temporal cortex (VOTC) have been
defined for decades mainly with functional magnetic resonance imaging. This face-selective …

The human posterior cingulate, retrosplenial, and medial parietal cortex effective connectome, and implications for memory and navigation

ET Rolls, S Wirth, G Deco, CC Huang… - Human Brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The human posterior cingulate, retrosplenial, and medial parietal cortex are involved in
memory and navigation. The functional anatomy underlying these cognitive functions was …

End-to-end topographic networks as models of cortical map formation and human visual behaviour: moving beyond convolutions

Z Lu, A Doerig, V Bosch, B Krahmer, D Kaiser… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Computational models are an essential tool for understanding the origin and functions of the
topographic organisation of the primate visual system. Yet, vision is most commonly …

Longitudinal development of category representations in ventral temporal cortex predicts word and face recognition

M Nordt, J Gomez, VS Natu, AA Rezai, D Finzi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Regions in ventral temporal cortex that are involved in visual recognition of categories like
words and faces undergo differential development during childhood. However, categories …

Characterizing spatiotemporal population receptive fields in human visual cortex with fMRI

I Kim, ER Kupers, G Lerma-Usabiaga… - Journal of …, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
The use of fMRI and computational modeling has advanced understanding of spatial
characteristics of population receptive fields (pRFs) in human visual cortex. However, we …

Multimodal processing in face-to-face interactions: A bridging link between psycholinguistics and sensory neuroscience

S Benetti, A Ferrari, F Pavani - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In face-to-face communication, humans are faced with multiple layers of discontinuous
multimodal signals, such as head, face, hand gestures, speech and non-speech sounds …

What Are the Contributions and Challenges of Direct Intracranial Electrical Stimulation in Human Cognitive Neuroscience?

J Jonas, B Rossion - Intracranial EEG: A Guide for Cognitive …, 2023 - Springer
Direct electrical stimulation (DES) is an old and powerful technique to causally inform about
the localization of human brain function for clinical and research purposes. However, DES …

[HTML][HTML] Low-level tuning biases in higher visual cortex reflect the semantic informativeness of visual features

MM Henderson, MJ Tarr, L Wehbe - Journal of Vision, 2023 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Abstract Representations of visual and semantic information can overlap in human visual
cortex, with the same neural populations exhibiting sensitivity to low-level features …

Parafoveal vision reveals qualitative differences between fusiform face area and parahippocampal place area

O Kreichman, S Gilaie‐Dotan - Human Brain Mapping, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The center‐periphery visual field axis guides early visual system organization with
enhanced resources devoted to central vision leading to reduced peripheral performance …