Face processing changes in normal aging revealed by fMRI adaptation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3433-3447

  Lee, Yunjo ^a   Grady, Cheryl L ^a   Habak, Claudine ^b   Wilson, Hugh R ^c   Moscovitch, Morris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CEPHALOMETRY; FACE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053493036     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00026     Document Type: Article

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