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Double dissociation of dynamic and static face perception provides causal evidence for a third visual pathway.
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- Lip-reading and eye-gaze discrimination are functionally lateralized across the left and right posterior superior temporal sulci.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2026Article
- A Systematic Characterization of Causal Interactions Between Human Visual Areas.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Pulvinar-posterior superior temporal sulcus connectivity contributes to non-conscious emotion processing in affective blindsight.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2026Article
- Editorial: Processing of face and other animacy cues in the brain.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- A distinct set of brain areas process prosody-the melody of speech.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Neuropsychological evidence of a third visual pathway specialized for social perception.Nature communications · 2025Article
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Abstract
The two-pathway ventral ("what") and dorsal ("where") model of visual perception has dominated neuroscience for over 30 years. In this framework, face perception, crucial for social interactions, is linked to the ventral pathway, which processes static features. However, dynamic facial expressions activate the superior temporal sulcus, outside both established pathways. An alternative model recently proposed a third visual pathway dedicated to dynamic facial expressions. Using neuroimaging and behavioral testing in 108 patients with focal brain lesions, we provide causal evidence of a double dissociation between static and dynamic face perception. Our findings show direct causal evidence for the putative third visual pathway that bypasses the occipital and fusiform face areas.
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