Evolutionary specializations for processing faces and objects

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 437-445

  Hoffman, K L ^a   Gauthier, I ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Face; Facial expression; Fusiform gyrus; Human; Identity; Infant; Innate; Macaca mulatta; Object recognition; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249089154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00031-8     Document Type: Chapter

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