Perception of face parts and face configurations: An fMRI study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 203-211

  Liu, Jia ^a   Harris, Alison ^b   Kanwisher, Nancy ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NOSE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73249146235     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21203     Document Type: Article

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