Most studies on the development of the visual system have focused on the mechanisms
sha** early visual stages up to the level of primary visual cortex (V1). Much less is known …

Face processing is fundamental to primates and has been extensively studied in higher-
order visual cortex. Here, we report that visual neurons in the midbrain superior colliculus …

To determine whether post-natal improvements in form vision result from changes in mid-
level visual cortex, we studied neuronal and behavioral responses to texture stimuli that …

Visual categorization is a human core cognitive capacity 1, 2 that depends on the
development of visual category representations in the infant brain. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 However, the …

Impairments in social interaction in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) differ greatly across
individuals and vary throughout an individual's lifetime. Yet, an important marker of ASD in …

Human ventral occipitotemporal cortex (vOTC) contains specialized regions that support
visual recognition of behaviorally relevant categories, including faces, written language and …

In human adults, multiple cortical regions respond robustly to faces, including the occipital
face area (OFA) and fusiform face area (FFA), implicated in face perception, and the superior …

Faces are central to human communication and social functioning, conveying a wealth of
information, from identity to gender to emotional states. In this chapter, an overview of the …