Neural tuning for face wholes and parts in human fusiform gyrus revealed by fMRI adaptation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 336-345

  Harris, Alison ^a   Aguirre, Geoffrey Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GESTALT THERAPY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNING CURVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOUTH; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954448229     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00626.2009     Document Type: Article

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