Fusiform gyrus face selectivity relates to individual differences in facial recognition ability

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1723-1740

  Fur, Nicholas ^a   Garrido, Lúcia ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^a   Driver, Jon ^a   Duchaine, Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

EID: 79955773757     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21545     Document Type: Article

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