Kavli Affiliate: Ting Xu
| First 5 Authors: Qiang Li, Ting Xu, Vince D. Calhoun, ,
| Summary:
The world of beauty is deeply connected to the visual cortex, as perception
often begins with vision in both humans and marmosets. Quantifying functional
correspondences in the visual cortex across species can help us understand how
information is processed in the primate visual cortex, while also providing
deeper insights into human visual cortex functions through the study of
marmosets. In this study, we measured pairwise and beyond pairwise correlation,
redundancy, and synergy in movie-driven fMRI data across species. Our first key
finding was that humans and marmosets exhibited significant overlaps in
functional synergy. Second, we observed that the strongest functional
correspondences between the human peri-entorhinal and entorhinal cortex (PeEc)
and the occipitotemporal higher-level visual regions in the marmoset during
movie watching reflected a functional synergistic relationship. These regions
are known to correspond to face-selective areas in both species. Third,
redundancy measures maintained stable high-order hubs, indicating a steady core
of shared information processing, while synergy measures revealed a dynamic
shift from low- to high-level visual regions as interaction increased,
reflecting adaptive integration. This highlights distinct patterns of
information processing across the visual hierarchy. Ultimately, our results
reveal the marmoset as a compelling model for investigating visual perception,
distinguished by its remarkable functional parallels to the human visual
cortex.
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