Effects of Manipulating Activity in Gloss Selective Regions in Macaque Higher Visual Cortex on Object Glossiness Judgment

Key Points

• This research aims to explore the causal relationship between neural activity in gloss-selective regions and object glossiness judgment in macaques.
• Conducted experiments on macaques to manipulate neural activity in gloss-selective cortical regions.
• Assessed the impact of altered neural responses on the monkeys' glossiness judgment behaviors.
• Investigated the neural networks involved in processing gloss information.
• Artificial manipulation of neural activity in the ventral temporal cortex affects gloss judgment behavior in macaques.
• Found significant changes in judgments of glossiness based on neural activity adjustments.
• Revealed that specific neural populations are crucial for gloss perception processing.