Stimulus features coded by single neurons of a macaque body category selective patch

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2016, Pages E2450-E2459

  Popivanov, Ivo D ^a,b   Schyns, Philippe G ^c   Vogels, Rufin ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body perception; Body selective area; Feature selectivity; Inferior temporal cortex; Macaque

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; FIRING RATE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; MACACA; MIDDLE SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STIMULUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; ANIMAL; ART; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN BODY; MACACA MULATTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84964796086     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1520371113     Document Type: Article

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