Neural correlates of processing facial identity based on features versus their spacing

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1438-1451

  Maurer, D ^a   O'Craven, K M ^b   Le Grand, R ^c   Mondloch, C J ^d   Springer, M V ^b   Lewis, T L ^a   Grady, C L ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Configural; Face processing; Features; FFA; fMRI; Frontal cortex; Spacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; DECISION MAKING; EYE; EYE POSITION; FACE; FACIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; MALE; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846242659     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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