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Differential development of high-level visual cortex correlates with category-specific recognition memory.

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Golarai, Golijeh, Ghahremani, Dara G, Whitfield-Gabrieli, S, Reiss, Allan, Eberhardt, Jennifer L, Gabrieli, John D E, Grill-Spector, Kalanit·2007·Nature Neuroscience

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High-level visual cortex in humans includes functionally defined regions that preferentially respond to objects, faces and places. It is unknown how these regions develop and whether their development relates to recognition memory. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the development of several functionally defined regions including object (lateral occipital complex, LOC)-, face ('fusiform face area', FFA; superior temporal sulcus, STS)- and place ('parahippocampal place area', PPA)-selective cortices in children (ages 7-11), adolescents (12-16) and adults. Right FFA and left PPA volumes were substantially larger in adults than in children. This development occurred by expansion of FFA and PPA into surrounding cortex and was correlated with improved recognition memory for faces and places, respectively. In contrast, LOC and STS volumes and object-recognition memory remained constant across ages. Thus, the ventral stream undergoes a prolonged maturation that varies temporally across functional regions, is determined by brain region rather than stimulus category, and is correlated with the development of category-specific recognition memory.

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  • The volume changes contrast with face-sensitive cortex reports, where younger groups have smaller clusters than adults and adolescents fall between.

    “These changes differ from the reports in face-sensitive cortex, which present smaller activated clusters in younger age groups compared with adults, with adolescents somewhere in between (Golarai et al., 2007, 2010; Scherf et al., 2007).”

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  • Volume changes in fMRI activations are documented for face processing, but no comparable data exist for the VWFA.

    “Developmental changes in the volume of fMRI activations have been recorded in the domain of face processing (Golarai, Liberman, Yoon, & Grill-Spector, 2010; Golarai et al., 2007; Scherf, Behrmann, Humphreys, & Luna, 2007), but to our knowledge, there are no data on parallel changes in the VWFA.”

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Authors
Golarai, G., Ghahremani, D. G., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Reiss, A., Eberhardt, J. L., Gabrieli, J. D. E., & Grill-Spector, K.
Affiliations
  • Stanford University (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (US)
Corresponding author
Golarai, Golijeh
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2007-03-11
Volume
10
Issue
4
Pages
512-522
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W2133663463
Cited by
541
References
50
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FWCI
14.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R21MH066747, T32- MH19908, 1R21MH66747, T32MH019908)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R21DA015893, 5R21DA15893)
  • National Eye Institute (R21EY017741)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
high-level visual cortex, cortical development, recognition memory, face recognition (cognition), place recognition, object recognition, fusiform face area, parahippocampal place area, lateral occipital complex, superior temporal sulcus, ventral stream, brain volume, children and adolescents, functional specialization
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Brain Mapping, Child, Computer-Assisted Instruction, Critical Period, Psychological, Female, Humans, Functional Laterality, Male, Oxygen, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, Visual Cortex, Linear Models, Recognition, Psychology

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