Perceptual deficits in patients with impaired recognition of biological motion after temporal lobe lesions

AUTOR(ES)

Vaina, Lucia M.

FONTE

National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

“Biological motion” may be defined by the pattern of movement of a small number of lights attached to the major joints of a human performing simple actions. Normal observers watching such displays immediately recognize a person and his or her actions. In the present study, we investigated the effects of lesions of anterior cortical regions on the perception of biological motion. We measured the performance on psychophysical static and motion tasks and on object and action recognition tests in four stroke patients who presented with a disorder of recognition of biological motion. We relate our results to the finding that neurons in the rostral part of the superior temporal gyrus (the superior temporal polysensory area) respond selectively to biological motion, and to the idea that the superior temporal polysensory area integrates the late stages of the dorsal and ventral cortical visual streams, as well as to recent functional MRI studies on biological motion.

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