Disparate substrates for head gaze following and face perception in the monkey superior temporal sulcus

Primates use gaze cues to follow peer gaze to an object of joint attention. Gaze following of monkeys is largely determined by head or face orientation. We used fMRI in rhesus monkeys to identify brain regions underlying head gaze following and to assess their relationship to the 'face patch�...

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Published in:eLife 2014-07, Vol.3
Main Authors: Marciniak, Karolina, Atabaki, Artin, Dicke, Peter W, Thier, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Attention
Behavior, Animal
Brain mapping
Computer Simulation
Cues
Experiments
Face
face patches
Fixation, Ocular
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
gaze following
Head
joint attention
Macaca mulatta
macaque monkey
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
monkey fMRI
Monkeys & apes
Neuroscience
Orientation
Pattern recognition
Pattern Recognition, Automated
Photic Stimulation
social attention
Superior temporal sulcus
Temporal Lobe - anatomy & histology
Temporal Lobe - physiology
Vision, Ocular
Visual Perception
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Summary:Primates use gaze cues to follow peer gaze to an object of joint attention. Gaze following of monkeys is largely determined by head or face orientation. We used fMRI in rhesus monkeys to identify brain regions underlying head gaze following and to assess their relationship to the 'face patch' system, the latter being the likely source of information on face orientation. We trained monkeys to locate targets by either following head gaze or using a learned association of face identity with the same targets. Head gaze following activated a distinct region in the posterior STS, close to-albeit not overlapping with-the medial face patch delineated by passive viewing of faces. This 'gaze following patch' may be the substrate of the geometrical calculations needed to translate information on head orientation from the face patches into precise shifts of attention, taking the spatial relationship of the two interacting agents into account.
ISSN:2050-084X
2050-084X
DOI:10.7554/elife.03222