Object recognition: Insights from advances in fMRI methods

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Grill Spector, Kalanit ^a   Sayres, Rory ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face recognition; fMRI adaptation; High resolution fMRI; Object recognition; Pattern analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149085638     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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