"This research will change the types of questions asked going forward because we are not just looking at one area of the brain," said Nestor, a postdoctoral research fellow within CMU's Department of Psychology and lead author of the study.

Using dynamic multivariate mapping, the research team examined the functional MRI (fMRI) data and found a network of fusiform and anterior temporal regions that respond with distinct patterns to different identities. Furthermore, they found that the information is evenly distributed among the anterior regions and that the right fusiform region plays a central role within the network.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-un...brain.html

The connection between face recognition and word recognition is also interesting:

Quote:"Not only do we have a more clearly defined architectural model of the brain, but we were able to determine the involvement of multiple brain areas in face recognition as well as in other types of processes, such as visual word recognition," Behrmann said.

In a couple (recent?) cases, 2 Japanese patients with epilepsy had their brain hemispheres disconnected to prevent seizures. As a result, they lost the ability to process language phonetically. They were still able, however, to process words visually (written word to meaning, and reverse). Significant finding.

nest0r?

Thora Wrote:The connection between face recognition and word recognition is also interesting:

Quote:"Not only do we have a more clearly defined architectural model of the brain, but we were able to determine the involvement of multiple brain areas in face recognition as well as in other types of processes, such as visual word recognition," Behrmann said.

In a couple (recent?) cases, 2 Japanese patients with epilepsy had their brain hemispheres disconnected to prevent seizures. As a result, they lost the ability to process language phonetically. They were still able, however, to process words visually (written word to meaning, and reverse). Significant finding.

Yes, there's lots of connections there.

Related: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=6680 and http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?p...#pid138549

nice work! if it's you nest0r, (and if not, you'll probably still be interested) it's worth checking out http://3t.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/publicati...5B0%5D.pdf and http://3t.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/publicati...5B0%5D.pdf , if you haven't read them already. They are publications by a guy who is at PRI atm after working with Nikos Logithetis. The findings on the differences between MRI and direct recording are important for any neuroscientist working with MRI to know, i think, and anyway, the cross modal / multisensory stuff is really interesting regardless. He's going to be doing more face processing specific stuff in a more behavioural context with the chimpanzees next, so if you're interested, you can look out for his name...

Adrian (Nestor) is a man's name.
Nope, the smart money is still on Ruth Westheimer as her true identity.