Processing the socially relevant parts of faces

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 344-356

  Benuzzi, Francesca ^a   Pugnaghi, Matteo ^a   Meletti, Stefano ^a   Lui, Fausta ^a   Serafini, Marco ^b   Baraldi, Patrizia ^a   Nichelli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b ASL Modena   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Eyes; Face processing; fMRI; Mouth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; EYEBROW; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34548394949     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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