Brain activation during face perception: Evidence of a developmental change

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 308-319

  Aylward, E H ^a,c   Park, J E ^a   Field, K M ^a   Parsons, A C ^a   Richards, T L ^a   Cramer, S C ^b   Meltzoff, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FACIES; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 13244296863     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0898929053124884     Document Type: Article

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