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I see a face—a happy face

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Information analysis shows that face-selective neurons in inferior temporal cortex encode different stimulus attributes early and late in their response to the same image.

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Figure 1: Spike count, response latency and the waveform of responses could all convey information.
Figure 2: Schematic illustrating how different information is conveyed at different times in neurons of inferior temporal cortex.

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  1. School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9JU, UK

    Mike W. Oram

  2. NIMH, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, Maryland, USA

    Barry J. Richmond

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Oram, M., Richmond, B. I see a face—a happy face. Nat Neurosci 2, 856–858 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/13149

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