Dissociation between overt and unconscious face processing in fusiform face area

Lehmann, C; Mueller, T; Federspiel, A; Hubl, D; Schroth, G; Huber, O; Strik, W; Dierks, T (2004). Dissociation between overt and unconscious face processing in fusiform face area. NeuroImage, 21(1), pp. 75-83. San Diego, Calif.: Elsevier 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.08.038

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The precise role of the fusiform face area (FFA) in face processing remains controversial. In this study, we investigated to what degree FFA activation reflects additional functions beyond face perception. Seven volunteers underwent rapid event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging while they performed a face-encoding and a face-recognition task. During face encoding, activity in the FFA for individual faces predicted whether the individual face was subsequently remembered or forgotten. However, during face recognition, no difference in FFA activity between consciously remembered and forgotten faces was observed, but the activity of FFA differentiated if a face had been seen previously or not. This demonstrated a dissociation between overt recognition and unconscious discrimination of stimuli, suggesting that physiological processes of face recognition can take place, even if not all of its operations are made available to consciousness.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Psychiatric Neurophysiology [discontinued] 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > UPD Murtenstrasse 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Management
UniBE Contributor:	Lehmann, Christoph, Müller, Thomas (A), Federspiel, Andrea, Hubl, Daniela, Strik, Werner, Dierks, Thomas
ISSN:	1053-8119
ISBN:	14741644
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:55
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2023 23:33
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.08.038
PubMed ID:	14741644
Web of Science ID:	000188597500008
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/23321 (FactScience: 41288)