Activation of the middle fusiform 'face area' increases with expertise in recognizing novel objects

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 568-573

  Gauthier, Isabel ^a   Tarr, Michael J ^b   Anderson, Adam W ^a   Skudlarski, Pawel ^a   Gore, John C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033359595     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/9224     Document Type: Article

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