Face Recognition and Perception

Neuronal Population Encoding of Identity in Primate Prefrontal Cortex

The paper examines how identity and expression are encoded in macaque VLPFC neural activity using single-unit recordings and population analysis.

Attentional bias toward fearful faces is associated with maternal postnatal distress and alterations in white matter microstructure in 5-year-old females

The paper investigates the link between attentional bias toward fearful faces, maternal postnatal distress, and white matter microstructure in 5-year-old females using DTI and eye-tracking data.

Functional connectivity between the amygdala and prefrontal cortex underlies processing of emotion ambiguity

The paper investigates how the amygdala and prefrontal cortex interact during emotion ambiguity processing using multimodal methods and finds directional connectivity and neural responses supporting bottom-up and top-down processes.

Modeling naturalistic face processing in humans with deep convolutional neural networks

This study compares representational geometries of deep convolutional neural networks, human cognition, and brain activity during naturalistic face processing and finds that late-intermediate layers better match cognitive and neural geometries than late layers.

A familiar face and person processing area in the human temporal pole

The paper identifies a temporal pole region that responds to familiar faces and social cognition tasks, distinct from perirhinal cortex, which responds only to faces.

Identifying the cortical face network with dynamic face stimuli: A large group fMRI study

This study uses fMRI to examine face-selective brain regions in a large group, finding right hemisphere dominance for several regions and no significant gender differences.

Differential modulation on neural activity related to flankers during face processing: a visual crowding study

This study investigates how neural activity during face processing is modulated by flanker stimuli, finding differences in early and late neural responses based on target and flanker similarity.

Partial Face Visibility and Facial Cognition: An Electroencephalography and Eye-Tracking Investigation

This paper investigates face cognition during the pandemic using EEG and eye-tracking, finding that eyes are critical for facial recognition and that partial face visibility can enhance cognition through visual working memory.

Short-latency preference for faces in the primate superior colliculus

The paper shows that primate superior colliculus neurons rapidly detect faces with 80% accuracy within 50ms, relying on early visual cortex signals.

The neural code for 'face cells' is not face specific

The paper shows that face cells in macaques respond to non-faces in a way that predicts face selectivity, challenging the idea that face cells are exclusively face-specific.

Stimulus expectations do not modulate visual event-related potentials in probabilistic cueing designs

The paper tests predictive coding models by examining ERP responses to probabilistic cues and finds no evidence of expectation suppression or surprise effects, but observes repetition effects.

Faces capture spatial attention only when we want them to: an inattentional blindness EEG study

This study uses EEG to show that faces capture attention only when they are consciously perceived and task-relevant, not when they are subliminal or task-irrelevant.

Behavioral signatures of face perception emerge in deep neural networks optimized for face recognition

The paper shows that deep neural networks trained for face recognition exhibit behavioral signatures similar to human face perception, suggesting these properties arise from task optimization rather than being unique to faces.

Analysis of convolutional neural networks reveals the computational properties essential for subcortical processing of facial expression

The paper analyzes convolutional neural networks to identify computational properties essential for subcortical facial expression processing and finds that these properties constrain accuracy and SF representation.

Functionally analogous body- and animacy-responsive areas in the dog (Canis familiaris) and human occipito-temporal lobe

This study identifies functionally similar occipito-temporal regions in dogs and humans involved in perceiving animate entities and bodies, with humans showing additional face-specific regions.

Active search signatures in a free-viewing task exploiting concurrent EEG and eye movements recordings

The paper investigates electrophysiological signatures in a free-viewing task using EEG and eye movements, identifying categorical and task-related effects in brain activity.

Decoding Neural Patterns for the Processing of Fearful Faces under Different Visual Awareness Conditions: A Multivariate Pattern Analysis

This study uses multivariate pattern analysis on EEG data to decode conscious and nonconscious processing of fearful faces under different awareness conditions, finding that spatial location decoding requires conscious awareness and task relevance, while presence can be processed subconsciously.

Fine-scale dynamics of functional connectivity in the face processing network during movie watching

This study examines inter-subject functional connectivity during movie watching and finds correlations with face recognition scores, revealing dynamics in attentional and memory networks.

Early threat perception is independent of later cognitive and behavioral control. A virtual reality-EEG-ECG study

This study uses VR-EEG-ECG to show that social threat perception occurs early in processing, while control ability relates to later cognitive evaluation.

Neuronal mechanism of the encoding of socially familiar faces in the striatum tail

The paper identifies a neuronal mechanism in the striatum tail that links social familiarity and object value, showing their shared encoding in face detection.

Perception of dynamic facial expressions activates a cortico-subcortico-cerebellar network in marmosets

This study identifies a cortico-subcortico-cerebellar network activated by dynamic facial expressions in marmosets, with negative faces increasing respiration and neural activity in key brain regions.

Attentional capture by fearful faces requires consciousness and is modulated by task-relevancy: a dot-probe EEG study

This study uses EEG and a dot-probe task to show that fearful faces capture spatial attention only when consciously perceived and task-relevant, with no evidence of nonconscious processing.

Familiarity facilitates detection of angry expressions

This study finds that familiar faces lead to faster and more accurate detection of angry expressions compared to unfamiliar faces, while happy expressions are detected similarly.

Behavioral and neuroimaging correlates of attentional biases to angry faces in individuals in remission from depression: a population-derived study

The paper investigates attentional biases to angry faces in individuals in remission from depression using functional MRI and drift diffusion modeling, finding persistent biases linked to brain activity in emotional regulation regions.

Neural correlates of face perception modeled with a convolutional recurrent neural network

The paper develops a convolutional recurrent neural network to model ERP responses to faces and validates it with open-access and validation data.

Hominoid-specific sulcal variability is related to face perception ability

The paper examines the relationship between the length of the mid-fusiform sulcus and face perception ability in neurotypical controls and individuals with developmental prosopagnosia.

Encoding of Dynamic Facial Information in the Middle Dorsal Face Area

The paper investigates how the middle dorsal face area (MD) in macaques encodes dynamic facial motion and shape, revealing heterogeneous cell responses and a high-dimensional representation of facial movements.

White matter microstructure in face and body networks predicts facial expression and body posture perception across development

The paper examines how white matter microstructure in face and body networks relates to perceptual development in children and adolescents.

Bridging the Gap: Exploring Neural Mechanisms of Facial Repetition Suppression through EEG and DCNNs

This study compares EEG brain activation patterns with DCNNs to explore neural mechanisms of facial repetition suppression, finding greater similarity with the Fatigue model.

Gradual relation between perceptual awareness, recognition and pupillary responses to social threat

The paper investigates the relationship between perceptual awareness, emotional recognition, and pupillary responses to social threat using continuous flash suppression and a perceptual awareness scale.