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 Concept Videos

Somatosensory, Motor, and Association Cortex01:24

Somatosensory, Motor, and Association Cortex

2.0K
The somatosensory cortex in the parietal lobes is crucial for interpreting sensory data such as touch, temperature, and proprioception. The somatosensory cortex, situated in the parietal lobes, plays a vital role in interpreting sensory information like touch, temperature, and proprioception—awareness of body position. This specialized brain region features an organized structure wherein neurons at the top primarily process sensations originating from the lower body. In contrast, those at...
2.0K
Parallel Processing01:20

Parallel Processing

550
The brain processes sensory information rapidly due to parallel processing, which involves sending data across multiple neural pathways at the same time. This method allows the brain to manage various sensory qualities, such as shapes, colors, movements, and locations, all concurrently. For instance, when observing a forest landscape, the brain simultaneously processes the movement of leaves, the shapes of trees, the depth between them, and the various shades of green. This enables a quick and...
550
Motor and Sensory Areas of the Cortex01:14

Motor and Sensory Areas of the Cortex

6.5K
The cerebral cortex, the brain's outermost layer, is pivotal in processing complex cognitive tasks, emotions, and various sensory inputs and executing voluntary motor activities. This intricate structure is divided into three primary functional areas: the motor areas, sensory areas, and association areas.
Motor Areas
The motor areas located in the frontal lobe are central to controlling voluntary movements. This region is further subdivided into the primary motor cortex and the premotor cortex....
6.5K

You might also read

Related Articles

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

Sort by
Same author

Perceptual Learning as a Rehabilitation Approach to Enhance Motion Processing in Maculopathy Patients.

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science·2026
Same author

Enhancing peripheral scene recognition through spatial frequency training: Behavioral evidence from macular degeneration and healthy aging.

Neuropsychologia·2026
Same author

Cortical processing for the vestibular and visual input of egomotion in macaque monkeys: Separate networks with targeted convergence.

Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)·2026
Same author

ManyFishes: a big team science collaboration on fish comparative cognition.

Animal cognition·2025
Same author

Neurobehavioral Changes in Macular Degeneration: Spatial Frequency Use in Scene Recognition.

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science·2025
Same author

Temporal recurrence as a general mechanism to explain neural responses in the auditory system.

Communications biology·2025
Same journal

A neuroimaging meta-analysis on social impression formation of stable characteristics.

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)·2026
Same journal

An expanded cortical map of von Economo neurons in the human medial prefrontal cortex.

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)·2026
Same journal

For better and worse: neural self-partner overlap during social feedback is associated with relationship satisfaction and depressive symptoms.

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)·2026
Same journal

Regions in the human inferior temporal gyrus are engaged in numerosity processing across visual stimulus categories.

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)·2026
Same journal

Differentiation of cortical areas: effects of free energy minimization with broken symmetry.

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)·2026
Same journal

Prior exposure to speech rapidly modulates cortical processing of high-level linguistic structure.

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)·2026
See all related articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Dec 25, 2025

Dissecting the Non-human Primate Brain in Stereotaxic Space
09:09

Dissecting the Non-human Primate Brain in Stereotaxic Space

Published on: July 16, 2009

10.5K

Stereomotion Processing in the Nonhuman Primate Brain.

Yseult Héjja-Brichard1,2, Samy Rima1,2, Emilie Rapha1,2

  • 1Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, Université de Toulouse, 31052 Toulouse, France.

Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)
|April 1, 2020
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

This study identified key brain regions in macaques processing 3D motion using fMRI. These areas, including the superior temporal sulcus and posterior parietal cortex, are crucial for depth perception and motion analysis.

Keywords:
depthfMRImotionnonhuman primate

More Related Videos

Knowing What Counts: Unbiased Stereology in the Non-human Primate Brain
11:25

Knowing What Counts: Unbiased Stereology in the Non-human Primate Brain

Published on: May 14, 2009

14.2K
Investigating Object Representations in the Macaque Dorsal Visual Stream Using Single-unit Recordings
07:08

Investigating Object Representations in the Macaque Dorsal Visual Stream Using Single-unit Recordings

Published on: August 1, 2018

8.6K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Dec 25, 2025

Dissecting the Non-human Primate Brain in Stereotaxic Space
09:09

Dissecting the Non-human Primate Brain in Stereotaxic Space

Published on: July 16, 2009

10.5K
Knowing What Counts: Unbiased Stereology in the Non-human Primate Brain
11:25

Knowing What Counts: Unbiased Stereology in the Non-human Primate Brain

Published on: May 14, 2009

14.2K
Investigating Object Representations in the Macaque Dorsal Visual Stream Using Single-unit Recordings
07:08

Investigating Object Representations in the Macaque Dorsal Visual Stream Using Single-unit Recordings

Published on: August 1, 2018

8.6K

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Primate Vision
  • Computational Neuroscience

Background:

  • Understanding the neural basis of depth perception is crucial for visual neuroscience.
  • Disparity-defined motion-in-depth (cyclopean stereomotion, CSM) is a complex visual stimulus.
  • Previous studies have investigated CSM processing in humans, but comparative macaque studies are needed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize the cortical areas involved in processing cyclopean stereomotion (CSM) in awake, behaving macaques.
  • To compare CSM processing areas in macaques with those identified in human neuroimaging studies.
  • To investigate the neural substrates of 3D motion perception in primates.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was employed in two macaques.
  • A novel experimental protocol contrasted dynamic random-dot patterns with changing binocular disparity against a control condition.
  • Whole-brain voxel-wise analysis and region-of-interest analyses were performed.

Main Results:

  • Three cortical areas consistently showed sensitivity to CSM across all four hemispheres: CSMSTS, CSMITG, and CSMPPC.
  • Weaker but significant CSM responses were observed in the MT cluster, including MSTv and FST.
  • CSM processing areas in macaques showed strong agreement with human neuroimaging findings.

Conclusions:

  • The identified cortical areas (CSMSTS, CSMITG, CSMPPC) are critical for processing disparity-defined motion-in-depth in primates.
  • The neural architecture for CSM processing appears well-preserved between human and macaque brains.
  • These findings advance our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying 3D visual perception.