Face Recognition

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 329-357

  Duchaine, B ^a   Yovel, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acquired prosopagnosia; Agnosia; Development; Developmental prosopagnosia; ERP; Face perception; FFA; FMRI; Inversion; MEG; Neuroimaging; Neurophysiology; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651072627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370880-9.00334-0     Document Type: Chapter

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