Differential development of the ventral visual cortex extends through adolescence

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2010, Pages

  Golarai, Golijeh ^a   Liberman, Alina ^a   Yoon, Jennifer M D ^a   Grill Spector, Kalanit ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Development; Face processing; Fusiform face area; Gender; Parahippocampal place area; Ventral temporal cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956464209     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.080.2009     Document Type: Article

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