Reduced structural connectivity in ventral visual cortex in congenital prosopagnosia
- 23 November 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Neuroscience
- Vol. 12 (1) , 29-31
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2224
Abstract
Using diffusion tensor imaging and tractography, we found that a disruption in structural connectivity in ventral occipito-temporal cortex may be the neurobiological basis for the lifelong impairment in face recognition that is experienced by individuals who suffer from congenital prosopagnosia. Our findings suggest that white-matter fibers in ventral occipito-temporal cortex support the integrated function of a distributed cortical network that subserves normal face processing.Keywords
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