Why is the fusiform face area recruited for novel categories of expertise? A neurocomputational investigation

Brain Research

Volumn 1202, Issue , 2008, Pages 14-24

  Tong, Matthew H ^a   Joyce, Carrie A ^b   Cottrell, Garrison W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ID Analytics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Face processing; Fusiform face area; Visual expertise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FACE; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

AVES;

EID: 40749124855     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.06.079     Document Type: Article

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