Superior facial expression, but not identity recognition, in mirror-touch synesthesia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1820-1824

  Banissy, Michael J ^a   Garrido, Lúcia ^a,b   Kusnir, Flor ^c   Duchaine, Bradley ^d   Walsh, Vincent ^d   Ward, Jamie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIRROR TOUCH SYNETHETES; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79551534884     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5759-09.2011     Document Type: Article

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