A study on neural mechanism of face processing based on fMRI

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-207

  Liu, Jiangang ^a   Tian, Jie ^b,c   Lee, Kang ^d   Li, Jun ^c  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^c XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese characters; Face processing; FMRI; Fusiform gyrus

Indexed keywords

CHINESE CHARACTERS; FACE AREA; FACE PROCESSING; FMRI; FUSIFORM GYRUS; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; NEURAL MECHANISMS; STUDY CHARACTER; VISUAL CATEGORIZATION; VISUAL EXPERTISE;

EID: 40449101811     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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