Individual differences in FFA activity suggest independent processing at different spatial scales

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 222-234

  Gauthier, Isabel ^a   Curby, Kim M ^a   Skudlarski, Pawel ^b   Epstein, Russell A ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; INDIVIDUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 32944476443     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.5.2.222     Document Type: Article

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