Domain specificity in face perception

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 759-763

  Kanwisher, Nancy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; FACE; HUMAN; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 0033914985     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77664     Document Type: Note

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