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Thickness of Deep Layers in the Fusiform Face Area Predicts Face Recognition.

梭形人脸区域深层厚度预测人脸识别。

  • 影响因子:3.40
  • DOI:10.1162/jocn_a_01551
  • 作者列表:"McGugin RW","Newton AT","Tamber-Rosenau B","Tomarken A","Gauthier I
  • 发表时间:2020-02-21
Abstract

:People with superior face recognition have relatively thin cortex in face-selective brain areas, whereas those with superior vehicle recognition have relatively thick cortex in the same areas. We suggest that these opposite correlations reflect distinct mechanisms influencing cortical thickness (CT) as abilities are acquired at different points in development. We explore a new prediction regarding the specificity of these effects through the depth of the cortex: that face recognition selectively and negatively correlates with thickness of the deepest laminar subdivision in face-selective areas. With ultrahigh resolution MRI at 7T, we estimated the thickness of three laminar subdivisions, which we term "MR layers," in the right fusiform face area (FFA) in 14 adult male humans. Face recognition was negatively associated with the thickness of deep MR layers, whereas vehicle recognition was positively related to the thickness of all layers. Regression model comparisons provided overwhelming support for a model specifying that the magnitude of the association between face recognition and CT differs across MR layers (deep vs. superficial/middle) whereas the magnitude of the association between vehicle recognition and CT is invariant across layers. The total CT of right FFA accounted for 69% of the variance in face recognition, and thickness of the deep layer alone accounted for 84% of this variance. Our findings demonstrate the functional validity of MR laminar estimates in FFA. Studying the structural basis of individual differences for multiple abilities in the same cortical area can reveal effects of distinct mechanisms that are not apparent when studying average variation or development.

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: 面部识别优势的人在面部选择性脑区的皮层相对较薄,而车辆识别优势的人在相同区域的皮层相对较厚。我们认为,这些相反的相关性反映了影响皮质厚度 (CT) 的不同机制,因为能力是在发育的不同点获得的。我们通过皮层深度探索了关于这些效应特异性的新预测: 面部识别与面部选择性区域最深层流细分的厚度有选择性和负相关。采用 7 T 超高分辨率 MRI,我们估计了 14 例成年男性右侧梭形面部 (FFA) 三个椎板亚区的厚度,我们称之为 “MR 层”。人脸识别与深层 MR 层的厚度呈负相关,而车辆识别与所有层的厚度呈正相关。回归模型比较为一个模型提供了压倒性的支持,该模型指定了人脸识别和 CT 之间的关联程度在 MR 层中不同 (深与浅/中) 而车辆识别和 CT 之间的关联大小跨层不变。右侧 FFA 的总 CT 占人脸识别方差的 69%,仅深层厚度占该方差的 84%。我们的研究结果证明了 FFA 中 MR 层流估计的功能有效性。研究同一皮质区域多种能力的个体差异的结构基础,可以揭示在研究平均变异或发育时不明显的不同机制的影响。

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