The Neural Response to Facial Attractiveness

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-143

  Chatterjee, Anjan ^a   Thomas, Amy ^a   Smith, Sabrina E ^a   Aguirre, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

beauty; face processing; fMRI; neuroaesthetics; reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEAUTY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549164265     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014430     Document Type: Article

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