The representation of parts and wholes in face-selective cortex

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 863-878

  Harris, Alison ^a,b   Aguirre, Geoffrey Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; FACE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 43249088588     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20509     Document Type: Article

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