fMRI-adaptation reveals dissociable neural representations of identity and expression in face perception

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1830-1839

  Winston, J S ^a,c   Henson, R N A ^a,b   Fine Goulden, M R ^a   Dolan, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR NEUROIMAGING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IDENTITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4143104764     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00155.2004     Document Type: Article

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