Universal Mechanisms and the Development of the Face Network: What You See Is What You Get

Annu Rev Vis Sci. 2019 Sep 15:5:341-372. doi: 10.1146/annurev-vision-091718-014917. Epub 2019 Jun 21.

Abstract

Our assignment was to review the development of the face-processing network, an assignment that carries the presupposition that a face-specific developmental program exists. We hope to cast some doubt on this assumption and instead argue that the development of face processing is guided by the same ubiquitous rules that guide the development of cortex in general.

Keywords: development; domains; faces; inferotemporal cortex.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Facial Recognition / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Nerve Net / physiology
  • Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology
  • Temporal Lobe / growth & development*
  • Visual Cortex / growth & development*
  • Visual Pathways / physiology