Neurons in the human amygdala encode face identity, but not gaze direction.
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SUBMITTER: Mormann F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4624486 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
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Neurons in the human amygdala encode face identity, but not gaze direction.
Mormann Florian F Niediek Johannes J Tudusciuc Oana O Quesada Carlos M CM Coenen Volker A VA Elger Christian E CE Adolphs Ralph R
Nature neuroscience 20151019 11
The amygdala is important for face processing, and direction of eye gaze is one of the most socially salient facial signals. Recording from over 200 neurons in the amygdala of neurosurgical patients, we found robust encoding of the identity of neutral-expression faces, but not of their direction of gaze. Processing of gaze direction may rely on a predominantly cortical network rather than the amygdala. ...[more]
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