Fig. 3. Effects of middle face patch inactivation on responses in the contralateral temporal face patches.

A, B Effects of middle face patch inactivation on responses to faces and objects in the temporal face patches in the hemisphere contralateral to the inactivation sites across both monkeys. Box plots display mean values ± SEM. The name of the ROI is shown at the top left of each panel. MF&ML: combined MF and ML inactivation; MF: MF alone inactivation; ML: ML alone inactivation. Generalized Linear Mixed Models were performed for each ROI (AF, MF, and ML: n = 664; AL: n = 566) with Treatment and Hemisphere as fixed factors, and Monkey (C and D), L-R hemisphere (Left and Right), Session, and Run as random factors. Post hoc testing was done with correction for multiple testing using the Holm-Bonferroni method. Color bars above a particular histogram contain the statistical results of comparing this inactivation condition and the condition to its left with the same color as the bar: *, significant difference from control (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, in light red/blue boxes); ^, significant difference from combined MF and ML inactivation (^^^p < 0.001, in middle red/blue boxes); #, significant difference from MF alone inactivation (#p < 0.05, ##p < 0.01, in dark red/blue boxes); value, uncorrected p value; empty bar, no significant difference no matter whether multiple comparison corrections were done or not. C The schematic diagram of the effects of inactivation of the middle face patches. The top and bottom panels show no significant effects of middle face patch inactivation on responses to faces and objects in the contralateral hemisphere, respectively. The middle diagram shows the location of the inactivation (marked with red X). MF middle fundal face patch, ML middle lateral face patch, AF anterior fundal face patch, AL anterior lateral face patch.