Contrast polarity and face recognition in the human fusiform gyrus

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 574-580

  George, Nathalie ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^a   Fink, Gereon R ^b   Baylis, Gordon C ^c   Russell, Charlotte ^d   Driver, Jon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FACE; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033366457     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/9230     Document Type: Article

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