The inferior temporal cortex is a potential cortical precursor of orthographic processing in untrained monkeys

Autor: Rishi Rajalingham, Kohitij Kar, Sachi Sanghavi, Stanislas Dehaene, James J. DiCarlo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17714-3
Popis: The neuronal mechanisms underlying recognition of written letters remain unknown. Here, the authors show that populations of neurons in the ventral visual pathway of macaque monkeys encode orthographic stimuli, indicating that this pathway might be a precursor of orthographic processing abilities.
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