Controlled scanpath variation alters fusiform face activation

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Morris, James P ^a   Pelphrey, Kevin A ^a,b   McCarthy, Gregory ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Face perception; fMRI; Fusiform gyrus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SACCADES; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 34447650648     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsl023     Document Type: Article

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