Neural correlates of shape and surface reflectance information in individual faces

Neuroscience

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1078-1091

  Jiang, F ^a   Dricot, L ^a   Blanz, V ^b   Goebel, R ^c,d   Rossion, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Face perception; fMR adaptation; Fusiform gyrus; Individual faces; Shape and surface reflectance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR OCCIPITAL CORTEX; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76249100650     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.07.062     Document Type: Article

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