Face configuration processing in the human brain: The role of symmetry

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1423-1432

  Chen, Chien Chung ^a,b   Kao, Kai Ling C ^a   Tyler, Christopher W ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Fusiform; Intraoccipital sulcus; Inverted face; Object perception; Occipital face area

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; FACE PROFILE; HUMAN; INTRAOCCIPITAL SULCI; MIDDLE OCCIPITAL GYRI; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; SPINDLE CELL; STIMULUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34347219139     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhl054     Document Type: Article

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