Brain reading using full brain support vector machines for object recognition: There is no "face" identification area

Neural Computation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 486-503

  Hanson, Stephen José ^a   Halchenko, Yaroslav O ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 38649096007     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: 1530888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/neco.2007.09-06-340     Document Type: Review

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