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灵长类面部处理

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A Female Rhesus Macaque Displaying Threatening, Neutral, and Affiliative Facial Expressions

image: A female rhesus macaque displaying threatening, neutral, and affiliative facial expressions. Face cells in the orbitofrontal cortex discriminate between the expressions. view more 

Credit: Image courtesy of Sylvia Wirth.

一项对恒河猴的大脑面部识别系统一个组成部分的眶额皮层的面部选择性神经元的研究发现,这些神经元首先区分面部和非面部,然后识别面部的情绪内容和社会类别,诸如性别和年龄;这组科研人员还报告说,这些神经元专门用于面部识别,不受听觉线索或者与面部有关的习得奖赏值的影响。

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