A direct measure of human lateral temporal lobe neurons responsive to face matching

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-25

  Lucas Jr , Timothy H ^a   Schoenfield Mcneill, Julie ^a   Weber, Peter B ^a   Ojemann, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Face perception; Single unit recordings; Visuospatial matching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0344628604     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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