The inferior temporal cortex is a potential cortical precursor of orthographic processing in untrained monkeys

The neuronal mechanisms underlying recognition of written letters remain unknown. Here, the authors show that populations of neurons in the ventral visual pathway of macaque monkeys encode orthographic stimuli, indicating that this pathway might be a precursor of orthographic processing abilities.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rishi Rajalingham, Kohitij Kar, Sachi Sanghavi, Stanislas Dehaene, James J. DiCarlo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17714-3