A bilateral occipitotemporal network mediates face perception

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-185

  Minnebusch, Denise A ^a   Suchan, Boris ^a   Köster, Odo ^b   Daum, Irene ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental prosopagnosia; FFA; Functional connectivity; OFA; PPI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; OCCIPITAL FACE AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58549105484     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.10.041     Document Type: Article

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