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@article{citeulike:494063, abstract = {Face perception is a skill crucial to primates. In both humans and macaque monkeys, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) reveals a system of cortical regions that show increased blood flow when the subject views images of faces, compared with images of objects. However, the stimulus selectivity of single neurons within these fMRI-identified regions has not been studied. We used fMRI to identify and target the largest face-selective region in two macaques for single-unit recording. Almost all (97\%) of the visually responsive neurons in this region were strongly face selective, indicating that a dedicated cortical area exists to support face processing in the macaque.}, address = {Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.}, author = {Tsao, D. Y. and Freiwald, W. A. and Tootell, R. B. and Livingstone, M. S.}, citeulike-article-id = {494063}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1119983}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/311/5761/670}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16456083}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16456083}, day = {3}, doi = {10.1126/science.1119983}, issn = {1095-9203}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {face, inferotemporal\_cortex, visuomotor\_class}, month = {February}, number = {5761}, pages = {670--674}, posted-at = {2008-10-08 13:42:14}, priority = {2}, title = {A cortical region consisting entirely of face-selective cells.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1119983}, volume = {311}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:494063 L3 - citeulike-article-id:494063 N2 - Face perception is a skill crucial to primates. In both humans and macaque monkeys, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) reveals a system of cortical regions that show increased blood flow when the subject views images of faces, compared with images of objects. However, the stimulus selectivity of single neurons within these fMRI-identified regions has not been studied. We used fMRI to identify and target the largest face-selective region in two macaques for single-unit recording. Almost all (97%) of the visually responsive neurons in this region were strongly face selective, indicating that a dedicated cortical area exists to support face processing in the macaque. IS - 5761 JF - Science SN - 1095-9203 AD - Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. EP - 674 TI - A cortical region consisting entirely of face-selective cells. VL - 311 SP - 670 KW - face KW - inferotemporal_cortex KW - visuomotor_class AU - Tsao, DY AU - Freiwald, WA AU - Tootell, RB AU - Livingstone, MS PY - 2006/02/03/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1119983 ER -