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SUMMARY:On the Neural Machinery for Face Processing - Winrich Freiwald\, C
 enters for Advanced Imaging &amp\; Cognitive Sciences\, Bremen University\
 ; Department of Neurobiology\, Harvard Medical School
DTSTART:20060404T120000Z
DTEND:20060404T130000Z
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CONTACT:Cordula Becker
DESCRIPTION:FMRI in humans has revealed several cortical areas which respo
 nd more strongly to pictures of faces than to pictures of other objects. W
 hether these areas constitute modules or domains dedicated entirely to fac
 e-processing\, is of fundamental importance to our understanding of inform
 ation processing in the brain in general and has been the subject of much 
 debate over the last years. Recently\, using fMRI in awake\, fixating maca
 que monkeys\, we have found several patches of face-selective cortex withi
 n the temporal lobe\, possibly homologous to human face-selective areas. I
 n my talk\, I will present electrophysiological data we have subsequently 
 obtained by recording single-unit activity and local field potentials from
  inside two of these face-selective patches of cortex. These data speak to
  questions of domain specificity\, principles of complex shape coding\, pr
 ocessing hierarchies\, and the meaning of the BOLD response.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room (ground floor)\, Craik-Marshall Building
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