Separate face and body selectivity on the fusiform gyrus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 47, 2005, Pages 11055-11059

  Schwarzlose, Rebecca Frye ^a,b   Baker, Chris I ^a,b   Kanwisher, Nancy ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodies; Faces; FFA; fMRI; Fusiform; Object

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FACE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRUNK; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 28044442692     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2621-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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