a Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education, Université Catholique de Louvain , Louvain-la-Neuve , Belgium.
Cogn Neurosci. 2011 Sep-Dec;2(3-4):207-8. doi: 10.1080/17588928.2011.604721.
Abstract Downing and Peelen argue for a clear distinction between body and identity representation, with the former performed by EBA and FBA, and the latter performed elsewhere in the brain. Under a predictive coding account, we argue that this separation is unnecessary: Representing bodies is part of representing identity. While neurons in EBA and FBA may only code for body shape and posture, we propose that they are a part of a reciprocally connected cortical network that functions to minimize prediction error when making identity inferences. We propose a novel way to test the hypothesis that EBA and FBA are critically involved in person identification.
唐宁和皮尔伦认为，有必要对身体和身份的表现进行明确区分，前者由 EBA 和 FBA 执行，后者由大脑的其他部位执行。在预测编码的解释下，我们认为这种分离是不必要的：对身体的表示是对身份表示的一部分。虽然 EBA 和 FBA 中的神经元可能只对身体形状和姿势进行编码，但我们提出，它们是相互连接的皮质网络的一部分，该网络的功能是在进行身份推断时最小化预测误差。我们提出了一种新的方法来检验 EBA 和 FBA 对人物识别至关重要的假设。
