Brain, Vol 120, Issue 12 2229-2242, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
DJ McKeefry and S Zeki
We used a colour Mondrian--an abstract scene with no recognizable
objects--and its achromatic version to image the change in blood
oxygenation in the brains of 12 human subjects, with the aim of learning
more about the position and variability of the colour centre in the human
brain. The results showed a consistent association of colour stimulation
with activation of an area that is distinct from the primary visual areas,
and lies in the ventral occipitotemporal cortex; we refer to it as human
V4. The position of human V4, as defined on functional grounds, varies
between individuals in absolute terms but is invariably found on the
lateral aspect of the collateral sulcus on the fusiform gyrus. There was no
indication of lingual gyral activation. In further studies designed to
reveal the topographic map within V4, we stimulated the superior and
inferior visual fields separately, using the same stimuli. We found that
human V4 contains a representation of both the superior and inferior visual
fields. In addition, there appears to be retinotopic organization of V4
with the superior visual field being represented more medially on the
fusiform gyrus and the inferior field more laterally, the two areas
abutting on one another. We find no evidence that suggests the existence of
a separate representation of the inferior hemifield for colour in more
dorsolateral regions of the occipital lobe.
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