The fusiform face area is enlarged in Williams syndrome

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 6700-6712

  Golarai, Golijeh ^a,b   Hong, Sungjin ^a,b   Haas, Brian W ^b   Galaburda, Albert M ^c   Mills, Debra L ^d   Bellugi, Ursula ^e   Grill Spector, Kalanit ^a   Reiss, Allan L ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPORAL LOBE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952417809     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4268-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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