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Dynamic reorganization of the middle fusiform gyrus: long-term bird expertise predicts decreased face selectivity

Chun-Chia Kung¹, Colin Ellis² & Michael J. Tarr³

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1. National Cheng Kung University, Department of Psychology and the Institute of Cognitive Sciences
2. University of Pennsylvania, Medical School
3. Brown University

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Received 04 November 2008 18:26 UTC; Posted 05 November 2008

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• functional magnetic resonance imaging
• plasticity
• visual perception
• face recognition
• cognitive neuroscience

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What is the functional relationship between face-selective and expertise-predicated object-selective regions in the human middle fusiform gyrus? In two separate fMRI experiments, superior behaviorally-measured bird expertise predicts both higher middle fusiform gyrus selectivity for birds and, concomitantly, lower selectivity for faces. This finding suggests a long-term dynamic reorganization of the neural mechanisms underlying the visual recognition of faces and non-face.

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Kung, Chun-Chia, Ellis, Colin, and Tarr, Michael. Dynamic reorganization of the middle fusiform gyrus: long-term bird expertise predicts decreased face selectivity. Available from Nature Precedings <http://hdl.handle.net/10101/npre.2008.2467.1> (2008)

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