The influence of perceptual and knowledge-based familiarity on the neural substrates of face perception

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-75

  Cloutier, Jasmin ^a,b   Kelley, William M ^c   Heatherton, Todd F ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Face; Familiarity; Medial prefrontal cortex; Person perception; Person knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551701764     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470911003693622     Document Type: Article

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