Evidence for a Third Visual Pathway Specialized for Social Perception

• Published in: Trends in cognitive sciences Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 100 - 110
• Main Authors: Pitcher, David, Ungerleider, Leslie G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2021
• Subjects: body perception; Brain Mapping; Face; face perception; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; neuroanatomy; Photic Stimulation; Social Perception; superior temporal sulcus (STS); V5/MT; Visual Cortex; Visual Pathways; Visual Perception; face perception; V5/MT; superior temporal sulcus (STS); neuroanatomy; body perception; social perception

Existing models propose that primate visual cortex is divided into two functionally distinct pathways. The ventral pathway computes the identity of an object; the dorsal pathway computes the location of an object, and the actions related to that object. Despite remaining influential, the two visual...