Figure 1.

Face–place object selection attention task. a, Example stimulus. Observers were presented with color-coded superimposed faces (disgusted, fearful, and neutral expressions in red) and places (inside and outside of buildings in green). Before each test stimulus, observers were presented with a color-coded prompt indicating which task they were to perform on that trial: indicate the gender of the face (attend trials) or indicate the location of the place (unattend trials). b, A representative subject demonstrated a greater response when attending to places (in green) in a bilateral region along the collateral sulcus, consistent with the PPA and a greater response when attending to faces (in red) in the right middle fusiform gyrus, consistent with the FFA.