Social perception from visual cues: Role of the STS region

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 267-278

  Allison, Truett ^a,b   Puce, Aina ^c   McCarthy, Gregory ^d  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONKEY; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0034237734     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(00)01501-1     Document Type: Review

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