The ventral anterior temporal lobe integrates facial identity with social and conceptual knowledge¶
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q2 i? The ventral ATL face patch is up-regulated when faces carry conceptually unique, socially unique, or famous status, and novel objects trained with social versus non-social concepts activate distinct social-brain regions. → Collins 2014
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Collins 2014¶
Collins, Jessica A., & Olson, Ingrid R. (2014). Knowledge is Power: How Conceptual Knowledge Transforms Visual Cognition. Psychonomic bulletin & review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-013-0564-3
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The review reports meta-analytic and empirical evidence (Von Der Heide, Skipper, & Olson) that the ventral ATL integrates complex perceptual face representations with socially important semantic knowledge, plus a training study showing social-concept associations with novel objects activate amygdala, temporal pole, and medial prefrontal cortex. No effect sizes printed.
"This region is up-regulated when a face is accompanied by certain types of conceptual knowledge, such as knowledge that makes the face conceptually unique (e.g. “This person invented television”"
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Related Claims¶
- In-depth semantic knowledge penetrates early visual processing, reducing the P100 component and aiding recognition of blurred objects — related
- Motivational relevance conferred by conceptual knowledge prioritizes visual processing, as shown by moderators of the other-race effect — related
- Social-cognitive regions show quadratic activation patterns with age, with adolescents showing lower reactivity-related but higher reappraisal-related activation — related
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The ventral anterior temporal lobe integrates facial identity with social and conceptual knowledge |
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The ventral anterior temporal lobe integrates facial identity with social and conceptual knowledge |
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