Functional specificity in the human brain: A window into the functional architecture of the mind

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 11163-11170

  Kanwisher, Nancy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Functional MRI; Fusiform face area; Modularity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FACE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954892267     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005062107     Document Type: Article

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