fMRI-defined body-selective patches in the macaque visual cortex: feature selectivity and contribution to body recognition. KU Leuven
The detection of bodies of humans and other animals is instrumental for survival: failing to recognize a predator can have deadly consequences and body postures are salient social signals. Non-verbal communication is partially based on gestures and by implication the analysis of body shape is crucial for social life. Despite the importance of body recognition in our daily life, it is still nclear how the brain accomplishes this. Studies in ...