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SUBMITTER: Schwiedrzik CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4562659 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schwiedrzik Caspar M CM Zarco Wilbert W Everling Stefan S Freiwald Winrich A WA
PLoS biology 20150908 9
Faces transmit a wealth of social information. How this information is exchanged between face-processing centers and brain areas supporting social cognition remains largely unclear. Here we identify these routes using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging in macaque monkeys. We find that face areas functionally connect to specific regions within frontal, temporal, and parietal cortices, as well as subcortical structures supporting emotive, mnemonic, and cognitive functions. This es ...[more]