Article,
The neural basis of object perception.
Current Opinion Neurobiology, (2003)
Abstract
Humans can recognize an object within a fraction of a second, even
if there are no clues about what kind of object it might be. Recent
findings have identified functional properties of extrastriate regions
in the ventral visual pathway that are involved in the representation
and perception of objects and faces. The functional properties of
these regions, and the correlation between the activation of these
regions and visual recognition, indicate that the lateral and ventral
occipito-temporal areas are important in perceiving and recognizing
objects and faces.
Tags
- animals;
- brain
- cerebral
- cortex;
- humans;
- imaging;
- magnetic
- mapping;
- neurons;
- pathways;
- perception
- resonance
- visual
