Face-specific processing in the human fusiform gyrus

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 605-610

  McCarthy, Gregory ^a   Puce, Aina ^a   Gore, John C ^a   Allison, Truett ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030668528     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1997.9.5.605     Document Type: Article

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