Abstract
Beyond extrastriate body area (EBA) and fusiform body area (FBA): context integration in the meaning of actions
Highlights
Our ability to identify and interpret the actions and intentions of other people in a meaningful way is the bedrock of social cognition
Evidence derived from fMRI studies has shown that both areas become significantly activated in response to body/body parts stimuli visually presented in different formats like photos, line drawings, stick figures, and silhouettes compared to control stimuli like faces/face parts, tools/tool parts, and scenes (Downing et al, 2001; Peelen and Downing, 2005; Schwarzlose et al, 2005; Spiridon et al, 2006; Weiner and Grill-Spector, 2010)
The comprehension of meaningful actions could be supported by a more distributed neural network where visual information extracted by extrastriate body area (EBA)/fusiform body area (FBA) is integrated with the contextual information processed in other parts of the brain
Summary
Our ability to identify and interpret the actions and intentions of other people in a meaningful way is the bedrock of social cognition. The comprehension of meaningful actions could be supported by a more distributed neural network where visual information extracted by EBA/FBA is integrated with the contextual information processed in other parts of the brain.
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