Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Different time course between scene processing and face processing: a MEG study.

N Sato1, K Nakamura, A Nakamura

  • 1Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan.

Neuroreport
|January 5, 2000
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

One of the rubber latex allergens is a lysozyme.

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology·1995
Same author

Gene expression of keratinocyte and hepatocyte growth factors during the healing of rat gastric mucosal lesions.

Gastroenterology·1995
Same author

[Usefulness of 3-dimensional image analysis of skull base lesions].

No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery·1995
Same author

[Efficacy and complications of topical cocaine anesthesia in functional endoscopic sinus surgery].

Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai kaiho·1995
Same author

Purification of an ATP-dependent actin-binding protein from a lower eukaryote, Physarum polycephalum.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications·1995
Same author

[A case of myelodysplastic syndrome who died of septic pulmonary embolism].

Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases·1995

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) reveals distinct brain processing for scenes and faces. Scene processing involves temporal and parietal regions, taking longer than face processing in occipito-temporal regions.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Brain Imaging

Background:

  • Understanding the neural basis of visual perception is crucial for cognitive neuroscience.
  • Differentiating the brain's response to complex visual stimuli like scenes versus faces is an active area of research.
  • Magnetoencephalography (MEG) offers high temporal resolution for studying rapid neural processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the neural responses to scenes and faces using magnetoencephalography (MEG).
  • To investigate the temporal dynamics and spatial localization of brain activity for scene and face processing.
  • To determine if scene and face perception recruit distinct neural pathways and exhibit different processing times.

Main Methods:

  • Participants viewed visual stimuli of scenes and faces.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Neural activity was recorded using magnetoencephalography (MEG).
  • MEG signals were analyzed for temporal characteristics (latency) and spatial origins (source localization).

    • Main Results:

    • Prominent MEG signals for scenes emerged 200-300 ms post-stimulus, localized to right parahippocampal and parieto-occipital regions (300 ms latency).
    • MEG signals for faces appeared earlier, 150-200 ms post-stimulus, originating from bilateral lingual or fusiform gyri (160 ms latency).
    • Scene processing demonstrated significantly longer neural latencies compared to face processing.

    Conclusions:

    • Scene processing engages temporal and parietal brain regions.
    • Face processing is primarily associated with occipito-temporal regions.
    • Visual scene perception requires more time for neural processing than visual face perception.