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.
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| author | Rishi Rajalingham Kohitij Kar Sachi Sanghavi Stanislas Dehaene James J. DiCarlo |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8098ed3c4ead4645b8eeb6e4a7c4cf272022-12-21T18:00:33ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-08-0111111310.1038/s41467-020-17714-3The inferior temporal cortex is a potential cortical precursor of orthographic processing in untrained monkeysRishi Rajalingham0Kohitij Kar1Sachi Sanghavi2Stanislas Dehaene3James J. DiCarlo4Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCollège de FranceDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17714-3 |
| spellingShingle | Rishi Rajalingham Kohitij Kar Sachi Sanghavi Stanislas Dehaene James J. DiCarlo The inferior temporal cortex is a potential cortical precursor of orthographic processing in untrained monkeys Nature Communications |
| title | The inferior temporal cortex is a potential cortical precursor of orthographic processing in untrained monkeys |
| title_full | The inferior temporal cortex is a potential cortical precursor of orthographic processing in untrained monkeys |
| title_fullStr | The inferior temporal cortex is a potential cortical precursor of orthographic processing in untrained monkeys |
| title_full_unstemmed | The inferior temporal cortex is a potential cortical precursor of orthographic processing in untrained monkeys |
| title_short | The inferior temporal cortex is a potential cortical precursor of orthographic processing in untrained monkeys |
| title_sort | inferior temporal cortex is a potential cortical precursor of orthographic processing in untrained monkeys |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17714-3 |
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