Neural mechanisms of facial recognition

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-51

  Nagai, Chiyoko ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expertise; Facial expression; Facial recognition; Fusiform face area; Prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIES; HUMAN; NERVE TRACT; ORBITAL CORTEX; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REVIEW; VISUAL MEMORY; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; FACE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PULVINAR; RECOGNITION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

AMYGDALA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PULVINAR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 33846525361     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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