Pattern separation, the process of transforming similar representations or memories into
highly dissimilar, nonoverlapping representations, is a key component of many functions …

The function of the anterior-most portion of the temporal lobes, the temporal pole, is not well
understood. Anatomists have long considered it part of an extended limbic system based on …

Memory for people and their relationships, along with memory for social language and
social behaviors, constitutes a specific type of semantic memory termed social knowledge …

Reading in many alphabetic writing systems depends on both item-specific knowledge used
to read irregular words (sew, yacht) and generative spelling–sound knowledge used to read …

Abstract Objects constitute the fundamental currency of our consciousness: they are the
things that we perceive, remember and think about. One of the most important objects for a …

Immediate access to information about people that we encounter is an essential requirement
for effective social interactions. In this manuscript we briefly review our work and work of …

Faces are among the most informative stimuli we ever perceive: Even a split-second glimpse
of a person's face tells us his identity, sex, mood, age, race, and direction of attention. The …

It has become accepted in the neuroscience community that perception and performance
are quintessentially multisensory by nature. Using the full palette of modern brain imaging …

Recent research suggests that visual perception of social categories is shaped not only by
facial features but also by higher-order social cognitive processes (eg, stereotypes, attitudes …

Face-selective neural responses in the human fusiform gyrus have been widely examined.
However, their causal role in human face perception is largely unknown. Here, we used a …