Figure 5
Functional connectivity of the face, place, and object selective regions. Left: mean functional connectivity of the face selective regions in all age groups (A) in the place selective regions (B) and in the object selective regions (C). Right: Graphic depiction of the functional connectivity of all participants within the core face selective regions (D), the place selective regions (E) and the object selective regions (F) using a laterality index, which quantifies the laterality preference in each subject. The more positive the index, the greater the right laterality, and vice versa. Zero indicates no laterality. As is evident, in the mean data (A–C) and in the individual subjects’ data (D–F), in the core-face selective regions the functional connectivity was greater in the right than the left hemisphere in all age groups. In the place selective regions, there was no difference between the hemispheres in all age groups. In the object selective regions, in most age groups, there was no difference in laterality between the hemispheres, except for the adult groups that unexpectedly exhibited greater functional connectivity in the right hemisphere.
