Neural representations of faces and body parts in macaque and human cortex: A comparative fMRI study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2581-2600

  Pinsk, Mark A ^a   Arcaro, Michael ^a   Weiner, Kevin S ^a,c   Kalkus, Jan F ^a,d   Inati, Souheil J ^b   Gross, Charles G ^a   Kastner, Sabine ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649094839     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91198.2008     Document Type: Article

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