Personally familiar faces are perceived categorically in face-selective regions other than the fusiform face area

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1587-1598

  Ramon, Meike ^a   Dricot, Laurence ^a   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Face perception; Functional magnetic resonance adaptation; Fusiform gyrus; Personal familiarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FACIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149277962     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07405.x     Document Type: Article

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