Tracking down bodies in the brain

A specific patch of tissue on the right side of the brain’s visual cortex takes

charge of recognizing human bodies and body parts, contends a team of researchers

led by psychologist Paul E. Downing of the University of Wales in Bangor. This

body-processing hub lies near one region already linked to face recognition and

not far from another that specializes in telling one place from another, the

scientists say.