The fusiform face area and occipital face area show sensitivity to spatial relations in faces

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 721-733

  Rhodes, Gillian ^a   Michie, Patricia T ^b   Hughes, Matthew E ^c   Byatt, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Face perception; Fusiform face area; Inversion; Occipital face area; Spatial relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 69249111780     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06861.x     Document Type: Article

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