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Two new studies in Science and Nature Neuroscience combine functional magnetic resonance imaging and electrical microstimulation to reveal face-selective temporal and frontal areas and their connectivity.

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Figure 1: Distributed face-selective patches in monkey temporal and prefrontal cortex.

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Baker, C. Face to face with cortex. Nat Neurosci 11, 862–864 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0808-862

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