Evaluation of a Shape-Based Model of Human Face Discrimination Using fMRI and Behavioral Techniques

Neuron

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 159-172

  Jiang, Xiong ^a   Rosen, Ezra ^a   Zeffiro, Thomas ^a   VanMeter, John ^a   Blanz, Volker ^b   Riesenhuber, Maximilian ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

SYSBIO; SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33645981136     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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