Decoding of faces and face components in face-sensitive human visual cortex

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2010, Pages

  Nichols, David F ^a   Betts, Lisa R ^a   Wilson, Hugh R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Face perception; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Fusiform face area; Multivoxel pattern classification; Occipital face area; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956122543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00028     Document Type: Article

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