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标题：Decoding of the other’s focus of attention by a temporal cortex module
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作者：Hamidreza Ramezanpour ; Peter Thier
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：2020
卷号：117
期号：5
页码：2663-2670
DOI：10.1073/pnas.1911269117
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Faces attract the observer’s attention toward objects and locations of interest for the other, thereby allowing the two agents to establish joint attention. Previous work has delineated a network of cortical “patches” in the macaque cortex, processing faces, eventually also extracting information on the other’s gaze direction. Yet, the neural mechanism that links information on gaze direction, guiding the observer’s attention to the relevant object, has remained elusive. Here we present electrophysiological evidence for the existence of a distinct “gaze-following patch” (GFP) with neurons that establish this linkage in a highly flexible manner. The other’s gaze and the object, singled out by the gaze, are linked only if this linkage is pertinent within the prevailing social context. The properties of these neurons establish the GFP as a key switch in controlling social interactions based on the other’s gaze.
关键词：gaze-following patch ; social interactions ; joint attention ; superior temporal sulcus ; spatial attention