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Electrical Stimulation of Human Fusiform Face-Selective Regions Distorts Face Perception
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Face-selective neural responses in the human fusiform gyrus have been widely examined. However, their causal role in human face perception is largely unknown. Here, we used a multimodal approach of electrocorticography (ECoG), high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and electrical brain stimulation (EBS) to directly investigate the causal role of face-selective neural responses of the fusiform gyrus (FG) in face perception in a patient implanted with subdural electrodes in the right inferior temporal lobe. High-resolution fMRI identified two distinct FG face-selective regions [mFus-faces and pFus-faces (mid and posterior fusiform, respectively)]. ECoG revealed a striking anatomical and functional correspondence with fMRI data where a pair of face-selective electrodes, positioned 1 cm apart, overlapped mFus-faces and pFus-faces, respectively. Moreover, electrical charge delivered to this pair of electrodes induced a profound face-specific perceptual distortion during viewing of real faces. Specifically, the subject reported a “metamorphosed” appearance of faces of people in the room. Several controls illustrate the specificity of the effect to the perception of faces. EBS of mFus-faces and pFus-faces neither produced a significant deficit in naming pictures of famous faces on the computer, nor did it affect the appearance of nonface objects. Further, the appearance of faces remained unaffected during both sham stimulation and stimulation of a pair of nearby electrodes that were not face-selective. Overall, our findings reveal a striking convergence of fMRI, ECoG, and EBS, which together offer a rare causal link between functional subsets of the human FG network and face perception.
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“For example, stimulation of the fusiform gyrus produces distortions of face perception, which are almost exclusively tied to ongoing percepts, such as alterations in the facial features of clinical staff (Parvizi et al., 2012;Rangarajan et al., 2014;Keller et al., 2017;Schrouff et al., 2020).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Parvizi, J., Jacques, C., Foster, B. L., Withoft, N., Rangarajan, V., Weiner, K. S., & Grill-Spector, K.
- Affiliations
- UCLouvain (BE)
- Stanford University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Parvizi, Josef
- Venue
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- Published
- 2012-10-24
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 43
- Pages
- 14915-14920
- ISSN
- 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2401
- PMC
- PMC3517886
- OpenAlex
- W1995086679
- Cited by
- 352
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 44 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 35 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 11.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (0920865)
- Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
- National Institutes of Health (4r01ns078396-05, R01 NS078396-01)
- National Eye Institute (R01EY022318, R01EY019279)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01-NS078396, R01NS07839601)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Face recognition and analysis
- Keywords
- fusiform gyrus, face perception, face-selective regions, electrical brain stimulation, electrocorticography, face-selective neural responses, inferior temporal lobe, face naming
- MeSH terms
- Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Electric Stimulation, Electroencephalography, Face, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Oxygen, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Perceptual Disorders, Photic Stimulation, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Visual Pathways
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