6.4 Specificity of Object Recognition in Higher Visual Areas

Question 1

Fusiform face area (FFA)

Answer 1

The fusiform face area (FFA) is a region of the cortex in the inferior temporal lobe of the brain that has been shown to respond most strongly to faces compared with other types of input

Question 2

parahippocampal place area (PPA)

Answer 2

an area in the right fusiform gyrus This area is specialized for processing information about spatial properties

Question 3

extrastriate body area (EBA)

Answer 3

a body-selective focal region located in the lateral occipito-temporal cortex that responds strongly to images of human bodies and body parts in comparison with other classes of stimuli.

Question 4

fusiform body area (FBA)

Answer 4

a part of the extrastriate visual cortex, an object representation system involved in the visual processing of human bodies in contrast to body parts.