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SUBMITTER: Arcaro MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5679243 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature neuroscience 20170904 10
Here we report that monkeys raised without exposure to faces did not develop face domains, but did develop domains for other categories and did show normal retinotopic organization, indicating that early face deprivation leads to a highly selective cortical processing deficit. Therefore, experience must be necessary for the formation (or maintenance) of face domains. Gaze tracking revealed that control monkeys looked preferentially at faces, even at ages prior to the emergence of face domains, b ...[more]