Task-specific codes for face recognition: How they shape the neural representation of features for detection and individuation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Nestor, Adrian ^a   Vettel, Jean M ^a   Tarr, Michael J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 58149178555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003978     Document Type: Article

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