Abnormal face identity coding in the middle fusiform gyrus of two brain-damaged prosopagnosic patients

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2584-2592

  Steeves, Jennifer ^a   Dricot, Laurence ^b   Goltz, Herbert C ^c   Sorger, Bettina ^d   Peters, Judith ^d   Milner, A David ^e   Goodale, Melvyn A ^f   Goebel, Rainer ^d   Rossion, Bruno ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Face perception; Face recognition; FFA; fMRI; Fusiform gyrus; Inferior occipital cortex; LOC; OFA; Prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 67650072786     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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