Vision: Face-Centered Representations in the Brain

Philippe G Schyns

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.086

Vision: Face-Centered Representations in the Brain

Curr Biol. 2020 Oct 19;30(20):R1277-R1278. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.086.

Author

Philippe G Schyns¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. Electronic address: Philippe.Schyns@glasgow.ac.uk.

PMID: 33080203
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.086

Abstract

A longstanding debate in the face recognition field concerns the format of face representations in the brain. New face research clarifies some of this mystery by revealing a face-centered format in a patient with a left splenium lesion of the corpus callosum who perceives the right side of faces as 'melted'.

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MeSH terms

Brain
Corpus Callosum
Facial Recognition*
Humans
Orientation, Spatial
Perceptual Distortion*