Face Selectivity Properties of Monkey Temporal Cortical Neurons Predicted by Computer Vision

In this issue of Neuron, Ohayon et al. (2012) utilize fMRI-guided single-cell recordings to demonstrate the importance of contrast polarity features for face-selective responses in macaque temporal cortex, as predicted by a computer vision face detection algorithm.

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