Response properties of the human fusiform face area

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 257-280

  Tong, Frank ^a,c   Nakayama, Ken ^a   Moscovitch, Morris ^d   Weinrib, Oren ^a   Kanwisher, Nancy ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Harvard University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034007069     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026432900380607     Document Type: Article

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