Despite extensive evidence for regions of human visual cortex that
respond selectively to faces, few studies have considered the cortical
representation of the appearance of the rest of the human body. We
present a series of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
studies revealing substantial evidence for a distinct cortical region
in humans that responds selectively to images of the human body,
as compared with a wide range of control stimuli. This region was
found in the lateral occipitotemporal cortex in all subjects tested
and apparently reflects a specialized neural system for the visual
perception of the human body.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Downing2001
%A Downing, P. E.
%A Jiang, Y.
%A Shuman, M.
%A Kanwisher, N.
%D 2001
%J Science
%K (Psychology); Animals; Body; Brain Cortex Face; Form Human Humans; Imaging; Lobe; Magnetic Mapping; Occipital Pattern Perception; Recognition Recognition, Resonance Temporal Visual Visual;
%P 2470--2473
%R 10.1126/science.1063414
%T A cortical area selective for visual processing of the human body.
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1063414
%V 293
%X Despite extensive evidence for regions of human visual cortex that
respond selectively to faces, few studies have considered the cortical
representation of the appearance of the rest of the human body. We
present a series of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
studies revealing substantial evidence for a distinct cortical region
in humans that responds selectively to images of the human body,
as compared with a wide range of control stimuli. This region was
found in the lateral occipitotemporal cortex in all subjects tested
and apparently reflects a specialized neural system for the visual
perception of the human body.
@article{Downing2001,
abstract = {Despite extensive evidence for regions of human visual cortex that
respond selectively to faces, few studies have considered the cortical
representation of the appearance of the rest of the human body. We
present a series of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
studies revealing substantial evidence for a distinct cortical region
in humans that responds selectively to images of the human body,
as compared with a wide range of control stimuli. This region was
found in the lateral occipitotemporal cortex in all subjects tested
and apparently reflects a specialized neural system for the visual
perception of the human body.},
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author = {Downing, P. E. and Jiang, Y. and Shuman, M. and Kanwisher, N.},
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doi = {10.1126/science.1063414},
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journal = {Science},
keywords = {(Psychology); Animals; Body; Brain Cortex Face; Form Human Humans; Imaging; Lobe; Magnetic Mapping; Occipital Pattern Perception; Recognition Recognition, Resonance Temporal Visual Visual;},
pages = {2470--2473},
pii = {293/5539/2470},
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timestamp = {2007-12-16T20:00:23.000+0100},
title = {A cortical area selective for visual processing of the human body.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1063414},
volume = 293,
year = 2001
}